Condolances to French members

[Catherine]

Some of the bigger cities have to take more precautions than usual. This is nothing new. The world or at least parts of it have dealt with different terrorist issues in the past.

Canada had a real problem in the late 1960s with FLQ terrorists. I won't go into detail, but we don't even think about them any more. We dealt with them and they are part of history.  Britain dealt with the IRA bombing things in the 1970s and later. Now that is part of the past.   Some day this latest crisis will be part of the past and we will have survived it.

My parents both served in the military in WW2. There were air raids and bombs falling every night and they just went to bed and ignored it.
The world has survived worse than what is happening now. It is good to be careful, but we still need to carry on as usual and not worry.

I am more likely to get hit by a car in the crosswalk than I am to get hurt during a terrorist incident. And yet I am not afraid to cross the street.