​(The State Funeral of Brian Mulroney, the Right Honorable Prime Minister of Canada occurred on Saturday, March 23 in Montreal. We thank him for his service and wish his family well. May He Rest in Peace).              

The would-be Prime Minister of Canada, Pierre Poilievre has much to learn from Brian Mulroney, the “greenest” Prime Minister in the history of the country.

Mr. Mulroney was extraordinarily successful in his long-range thinking about many subjects, but especially the environment. Take for example, the banning of Chlorofluorocarbons (CFC’s) that were causing a hole to open in the sky and threatening the planet. Back in 1987 Mulroney played a pivotal role in persuading over 40 world leaders, including then U.S. President Ronald Reagan to sign the Montreal Protocol. This was an international treaty to protect the planet’s ozone layer from CFC’s, which were then very heavily used in aerosol sprays.

If he were alive today, Mr. Mulroney would be equally concerned with unchecked climate change. In just a few more months spring and summer weather we will very likely see more examples of the terrible consequences of climate change in Canada:  wind, drought, wildfires, hurricanes, and floods.  And yet, Pierre Poilievre, the leader of the national Conservative Party, continues to run around saying things like “Axe the Tax”, referring to the current Liberal government’s tax on carbon.

​An adult friend of mine who is a Type One patient explains that CGM’s are those patches you see on the bicep of a diabetics, reading glucose levels. The CGM’s cost $200 and must be replaced every two weeks. An insulin pump referred to above, was once a large and bulky item. But diabetes is an area of significant high-tech innovation and change. The CGM’s can be linked to smart phones to add to the capability to monitor.