It wasn’t always this way, but in today’s world, employers are firing employees and seeking volunteers to do not only girl-friday jobs, but also the high value but usually overlooked jobs which often boost their corporate image. For example, back in the ‘00s, they would not pay you for writing until you resign and they are so desperate they offer minimum wage for the next person. This is a premeditated act dressed up as “You-made-us-desperate blame-game. I can say after 30 years volunteer work, I’ve had enough. I really don’t care to work for free.

By scrolling through the Go Volunteer site, you can find plenty of previous paid work now rebranded as a volunteer position. They over-glorify your volunteer position. They offer in the subtext that you’ll be doing important and respectable work. Well duh, because previously they used to pay good money to some poor bloke who is now made redundant. The responsibilities you’d pick up are heavy indeed; and you are blindsided enough by its glory to do it for free.

Don’t be fooled. Standards for corporate ethics are morally unethical. I’ve worked in the field of writing and can say after putting my passion into that voluntary work that nobody pays you for your enthusiasm and hard work. They will pay the next gal because after all most smart people only see it as a paycheque. Passion and competence do not pay. Plodding and negotiation do.

When it comes to myself, I think those hours of volunteering only proves now that I deserved to be paid. Since the sister organizations kept sending in laudatory letters and to the executive director, the E.D. gave me a backhanded compliment and called the newsletter their organization’s “flagship”. But if I mentioned a previous paid writing job, he diminished it by saying , “Well, that was a feather in your cap. Now onto more important things. How do you feel like writing about…” Shameless promoting and selling after negging me.

All volunteer work is premeditated corporate robbery. I don’t care what agreement went on between both parties. There is no excuse for not paying for work done and done well. I don’t care for the over-glorified responsibilities as a boost to self-esteem.

Volunteerism is not a boost to your self-esteem. It’s just staff are kind to dumb suckers. All work rightfully deserves of remuneration. Using mentally challenged or ill people for free labour is what it is: exploitation.

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During the construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) in the 1880s, thousands of Chinese migrant workers faced dangerous and deadly conditions, with estimates suggesting that for every mile of track laid, three Chinese workers died. While the exact number is debated, historical sources indicate a significant loss of life among these workers, with some estimates reaching as high as 4,000. 

Here’s a more detailed look at the situation:

• Dangerous Work:Chinese workers were often assigned the most hazardous tasks, such as handling explosives like nitroglycerin used in blasting tunnels through mountains. 
• Harsh Conditions:Beyond the immediate dangers of their work, Chinese laborers faced poor living conditions, inadequate food, and a lack of proper medical care, contributing to illness and death. 
• Financial Exploitation:They were paid less than their white counterparts and had to purchase their own tools and food, further straining their meager wages. 
• Limited Recognition:Despite their vital contributions, Chinese workers were largely excluded from the official celebrations surrounding the completion of the railway. 
• Legacy of Prejudice:The harsh conditions and high death toll highlight the systemic racism and prejudice faced by Chinese workers during this period. 

For further reading:

https://chung.library.ubc.ca/theme/351

https://www.vpl.ca/guide/chinese-canadian-genealogy/railway-construction

https://bcanuntoldhistory.knowledge.ca/1880/the-chinese-head-tax

Happy Canada Day…

It is Memorial Day for those of us who remember.

https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2023AG0045-001037#:~:text=“Between%201881%20and%201884%2C%20more,every%20mile%20of%20track%20laid.

Copied and pasted from above source.

Mable Elmore, Parliamentary Secretary for Anti-Racism Initiatives, has released the following statement for Chinese Railroad Workers Memorial Day:

“Between 1881 and 1884, more than 17,000 Chinese railroad workers came by ship from California and China to build the Canadian Pacific Railway. During construction, Chinese railroad workers were given the most difficult, dangerous tasks. It is estimated that three Chinese workers died for every mile of track laid. While white workers were paid $1.50 to $2.50 per day with their provisions provided, Chinese workers were paid only $1 a day and had to pay for their own gear and food.

“The mistreatment of Chinese Canadians continued throughout the turn of the century. On July 1, 1923, pressured by the B.C. government, the federal government enacted the Chinese Immigration Act (often referred to as the Chinese exclusion act), which barred nearly all people of Chinese descent from entering the country. The act was in place for 24 years. It left many people separated from their families; some were never reunited. In 2006, the Government of Canada apologized for the injustices caused by the act.

“This piece of Canadian and B.C. history cannot be forgotten. That’s why today, as we mark Canada Day, we also remember the sacrifices of the many Chinese Canadians who were hurt by this racist piece of legislation and the long-lasting impacts the Chinese Immigration Act has on the Chinese Canadian community. 

“While we have come a long way in 100 years, racism and anti-Asian hate still exists in B.C. We all have a role to play in addressing racism, and it starts by learning about the history of the province and the injustices many racialized communities and Indigenous Peoples faced and continue to experience today. 

“The Province is working to develop new anti-racism legislation to be introduced in 2024. Building off the Anti-Racism Data Act, which aims to identify systemic racism through the collection of race-based data, the upcoming legislation will hold government accountable for addressing the gaps and barriers in government services and providing supports for those negatively affected by racism.

“Today, the country’s first Chinese Canadian museum opens to the public. The Province has invested more than $48.5 million in the museum to support the Chinese Canadian community in telling their stories and providing a space for everyone to learn more about the contributions and experiences of Chinese Canadians.

“I would encourage all British Columbians to take some time to remember the Chinese railroad workers and the families who were impacted by the Chinese Immigration Act. To ensure the racism and discrimination that Chinese settlers experienced never happens again, we must all commit to standing up against racism and building a better, more inclusive province.”

Learn More:

For more information about the Chinese Canadian museum, visit: https://www.chinesecanadianmuseum.ca/

https://bccatholic.ca/news/catholic-van/pro-life-voices-laud-un-report-saying-canada-s-euthanasia-law-discriminates-toward-disabled

Dear PM Mark Carney,

The question remains how will you deal with our invisible presence in Canadian society.

Especially as a practicing Catholic and Our Defender.

Yours sincerely,

A Concerned Canadian who feels bullied and betrayed by its own country

There’s too much cultural influence in modern day Christianity. Take out the culture and what you have is a raw, honest and humble conversation with God.

Enoch in Genesis 5:19-24 was valued because God considered him a friend who walked with Him for his lifetime. Then God did the most beautiful thing: He took Enoch instead of letting him return to the ground. He did not die like ordinary men. He didn’t die as a war hero or in a life enamoured by wealth. He was taken from this world as God’s friend. That is the only kind of Christian life I truly want.

Bible verses: Genesis 5:18-24

You can take the woman out of the fight but you can’t take the fight out of the woman.

A personal and political letter from someone you’d rather forget.

By Someone You’d Rather Forget

There is an uncomfortable truth that most people in our society quietly accept but never say aloud: the mentally ill—especially those of us with schizophrenia—are seen as too difficult to help and too inconvenient to keep around.

In public perception, schizophrenia is a black box: unknowable, unsolvable, unrelatable. No one wants to open it, much less look inside. People don’t know what to do with us, so they look away. Or worse, they push us toward institutional oblivion under the guise of “protection.” We’re told that laws are changing “for our own good,” but when we read between the lines, it’s clear: it’s not about us. It’s about making society more comfortable—at our expense.

Living on the Edge of Policy

I live in British Columbia, Canada, where recent amendments to the Mental Health Act have made it easier for authorities to detain people with mental illness against their will. This is happening under the banner of safety, but the line between care and control is growing thinner by the day.

With elections looming and politicians like Pierre Poilievre signaling even harsher views—such as defunding supports while also rejecting MAiD (Medical Assistance in Dying) for the mentally ill—the message is chillingly clear: we are seen as problems to be contained, not people to be understood.

What frightens me most is how fast this slope is slipping. A neighbor’s complaint. A misunderstanding. A bad day. That’s all it could take for someone like me to be stripped of my autonomy.

You think I’m exaggerating? Ask anyone living with schizophrenia how often they’ve had to mask their pain just to avoid being deemed a danger. Ask how many of us avoid calling for help because help looks like handcuffs.

We Are Already Invisible. Now We’re Being Erased.

Most self-help books, religious ministries, and public campaigns are made for neurotypical people dealing with manageable problems. They are not for people like me.

We don’t get psychiatrists. We get waitlists.

We don’t get compassion. We get control.

We don’t get healing. We get erasure.

And society is largely fine with it.

Don’t Wait Until It’s Your Child

I’m not writing this to make you feel guilty. I’m writing this because one day, it might be your child. Your niece. Your grandson. Mental illness doesn’t care how wealthy you are or how perfect your genes seem.

When that day comes, you’ll remember people like me—people you dismissed, disbelieved, or discredited—because we were inconvenient to your peace of mind.

This isn’t a threat. It’s a mirror.

When you build a society that disappears the vulnerable, that same structure will eventually turn inward. The same systems that erase us will erase you when you no longer serve them.

Make It Personal Now

If you care about justice, don’t wait until it’s personal. Make it personal now.

Advocate for care that respects autonomy. Challenge policies that criminalize mental illness. Listen when we speak. Stop deciding who gets to be visible.

We are not broken.

We are survivors of a broken world.

And until that world changes, I’ll keep speaking—for myself, and for those who’ve been silenced so long, they’ve forgotten what their voice even sounds like.

Cogency of this article was thanks to ChatGPT. The ideas are mostly mine as Ai inferred and distilled a few ideas .

Promises be like

Reality be like

Fuck off eugenicists.

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What Pierre Poilievre said,

“…the mentally ill don’t need our help!”

“When I become PM I promise to ban MAiD for the mentally-ill forever!”

N.B. I think he doesn’t have a clue what he is doing and doesn’t even care to be thoughtful. In order to house all the unhelped mentally-ill people who cannot die by medical assistance in dying (MAiD), he has to build asylums and bring in unconstitutional laws to force them into those badly run asylums where there will be rampant abuse. But the public won’t see this. He would have locked them up and thrown away the key, laughing all the way to the bank. He either doesn’t care, or, at best, hasn’t thought this through. Shame on him. He does not deserve to be Prime Minister of Canada 🍁

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