This is the first blog post I wrote, about the polytechnique massacre, I wrote this,in 2010.
December 6 th,
is the anniversary of one of the worst events in Montreal history,
the massacre at Polytechnique.
Fourteen young women were murdered,
by a young man who hated feminists.
I remember that early december evening in 1989,
like it was yesterday.
They were gunned down for wanting to be engineers.
In a place of higher learning.
The city was shocked and stunned and numb.
Twenty one years later,
we are still coming to terms with these events.
How could this happen in our city,
in our province,
in our country.
Canada,
not a fundamentalist country.
Canada,
not a country where you can buy guns,
at Walmart.
Canada, the True North Strong and Free.
In the last few years,
the Harper government,
has neutered gun registration laws,
in an attempt to placate it’s base.
You want to own guns,
fine,
register them.
Registered guns save lives.
This is not my opinion nor that of feminist groups,
it is the opinion of law enforcement throughout the country.
When police arrive at the scene of domestic violence,
if they can check beforehand on registered guns in the house,
they can prevent deaths,
of the women who are the victims of this domestic situation,
and of the policemen who intervene.
Gun control and gun registration help.
Those women who were slaughtered would be in their forties today,
like me.
I remember them,
and long for the day when we will all be equal,
all over the world.
African little girls becoming doctors or nurses,
Chinese daughters cherished.
We, all of us,
must do better.
For all our sons and daughters.
Later girls
BB