All our puny sorrows: plea for perspective in an anguished world

While Israelis and Palestinians alike reckon with the aftermath of the barbarism unleashed by Hamas last week, one Canadian leader has invoked the notwithstanding clause to allow him to over-ride the rights of young people questioning their gender identity. Now there’s a crisis.

Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe has invoked the notwithstanding clause to allow him to override the rights of young people questioning their gender identity, writes Susan Riley.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY SUSAN RILEY

October 16, 2023

CHELSEA, QUE.—The violence and wrenching tragedy unfolding in Israel/Gaza—along with ongoing Russian attacks on Ukraine—make our own political battles look especially trivial these days.

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