In Our Cities

Thanks to the election campaign, I have been forced to take a closer looka t the cities we live in and see what's really there. Our cities. In Canada. I'm not making this up.

People with guns. Lots of them. Dressed in their gang colours. In our cities. they have their badges of honour pinned to their shirts. They hang their guns on their side, inplain view of children and pregnant mothers. In Our cities. In Canada. They roam the streets in their customized cars, or on foot, completely unopposed. They harrass kids on their way home from school just because they're smoking a cigarette. They ask people if they have drugs. They force cars to the side of the road just because they don't like the way they drive. Most of these gangs wear blue, but some wear black. One wears red and rides around on horseback with their music blaring like they're the law of the land. In our cities. In Canada.