Alternative Facts
Two words many people thought could never be strung together to make a coherent sentence were alternative and facts. As an adjective,...
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Brian Sankarsingh
- Oct 26, 2022
- 2 min
Immigrants are not here to live off the system
Originally published November 21, 2021 - YorkRegion.com Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s statement about immigrants coming to Ontario to live...
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Brian Sankarsingh
- Oct 12, 2022
- 2 min
What do immigrants really want?
Originally published on October 29, 2021 - YorkRegion.com Every immigrant has a story to tell, and each of those stories are intricately...
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Brian Sankarsingh
- Sep 28, 2022
- 2 min
Why you should support immigration
Originally published August 30, 2021 YorkRegion.com Immigrants are the lifeblood of any growing nation. They inject new life, fresh...
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Brian Sankarsingh
- Sep 14, 2022
- 2 min
Being an immigrant is hard
Originally published on July 21, 2021 - YorkRegion.com People often think immigrants have it easy. They imagine that the country they...
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Brian Sankarsingh
- Aug 18, 2022
- 4 min
I ran for office, here is what I learned
I ran for the position of councillor in the 2018 Municipal elections, now four years after as we approach another election, here are some...
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Brian Sankarsingh
- Aug 3, 2022
- 2 min
Words matter
Originally published April 29 2021 - YorkRegion.com When we reduce people to a subset of their condition, we dehumanize them. For...
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Loretta Fisher
- May 2, 2022
- 3 min
Thoughtful Monday Racial Justice - Renaming is just the first step 2 -5-2022
This is an historic time where The City of Toronto has voted to re-name Dundas Street & Dundas Square. I wonder if we should celebrate as...
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Brian Sankarsingh
- Mar 4, 2022
- 2 min
Friday Reflection - War 04-03-2022
I remember being worried about nuclear war as a pre-teen. This would have been during the Cold War and tensions between Eastern and...
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Brian Sankarsingh
- Apr 6, 2021
- 1 min
2020 Elections
A pantoum by Brian Sankarsingh. Wikipedia defines a pantoum as a form of poetry similar to a villanelle in that there are repeating lines...
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Brian Sankarsingh
- Feb 16, 2021
- 1 min
The Wall
Build me a wall to keep out the pests All of their nattering, prevents me from rest. Construct a big wall, strong tall and grey Make it...
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Brian Sankarsingh
- Feb 1, 2021
- 4 min
Why BLM?
NOTE: Language in this article might be unpleasant to some readers. Please be warned. If you did not see or read about the altercation...
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Brian Sankarsingh
- Jan 20, 2021
- 1 min
The Mad King
The mad king refused to leave Knowing there’d be no reprieve So instead he solicited his support To get ready for civil war. So many...
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Brian Sankarsingh
- Nov 5, 2020
- 1 min
Reds sing the Blues
REDS I’ve been acquitted, exonerated, vindicated, exculpated Your impeachment doesn’t have a thing on me. I’m the POTUS with the MOSTUS,...
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