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Remembrance Day is devoted to sombre reflection, and there is much that individuals and leaders must consider about the circumstances in which we find ourselves in 2023 — 78 years since the end of the Second World War.In years past, as swelling and ebbing crowds attended cenotaph services across Atlantic Canada, the wars whose dead and damaged we were remembering seemed remote. This year, it is unfortunately all too easy to understand the concept of suffering and sacrifice.
One of about a dozen tents for rough sleepers is pitched in the Grand Parade in view of City Hall in Halifax. - Tim Krochak/SaltWire file It is difficult to find hope and peace when the bills to heat your home, fund your medication, pay your rent or buy your groceries add up to more than your paycheque.It is also hard to hear news of conflicts in the Middle East and Ukraine where civilians are losing their lives in horrific ways while millions of people are fleeing the only homes they ever knew.
What would the soldiers whose sacrifices we will remember on Nov. 11 think about the state of affairs we find ourselves in today?
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