Jocelyne Lloyd

1 week ago | saltwire.com | Jocelyne Lloyd

Advertisement 1  •   •  Article contentI remember sitting in my grandfather’s kitchen when my boyfriend broached the forbidden topic of politics. My grandfather laughed when he heard the young man intended to vote for the NDP. “You’re throwing your vote away,” the older man chuckled. He likely was voting Conservative in whatever election it was, and had probably only ever voted red or blue. But I didn’t know for sure since, as I said, it was not considered polite to talk politics around the table.

2 weeks ago | saltwire.com | Jocelyne Lloyd

Advertisement 1  •   •  Article contentTIME TO STAND UNITEDCanada is entering into a time of unprecedented upheaval causing fear and uncertainty. Is this the time, therefore, for parts of our country to be talking about and advocating for secession? Have the advocates propounding this “route” not heard or understood the old adage: “United we stand and divided we fall”?

3 weeks ago | saltwire.com | Jocelyne Lloyd

Advertisement 1  •   •  Article contentPremier Rob Lantz continues, in the midst of a federal election and an over-exaggerated trade-war, to press the case that the Confederation Bridge tolls are a barrier to trade, without details for where that leaves the Island taxpayer and Island life as we know it. Although the provincial legislature resumed after a month-long prorogation, for reasons unknown and without objection from the Opposition, the premier is not forthcoming with information.

3 weeks ago | saltwire.com | Jocelyne Lloyd

Advertisement 1  •  Article contentIn 1863, African American farmer James Warfield and his family were living freely on 13 acres of land above the Mason-Dixon line, earning a living from their farm, blacksmith shop and small orchard. The Warfields had left Maryland a few years before and should have had every reason to believe they were free from the horror of slavery present in the communities to the south.

1 month ago | saltwire.com | Jocelyne Lloyd |PNI Atlantic

Advertisement 1  •  Article contentThere is no disputing the fact that the Caribbean island of Cuba is well known in the Global South for assisting disaster-ravaged, and desperately-sick, peoples in their time of need.