The Guardian. June 2, 2021. It’s so very easy to fall into the trap of thinking that the dominant perspective is somehow the only legitimate perspective and that all alternate views can be safely ignored. Particularly when we’re depleted. worn down by a struggle to keep going. There are so many arguments why we should work quickly now to remove the measures put in place to keep vestiges of the economy functioning while we combated the Covid-19 pandemic. Measures like working from home, virtual business and social meetings, increased home delivery service, sidewalk patios for restaurants – I could go on and so could you. With a possible end to the pandemic now in sight, it’s so very easy to overlook the positives that accrued from those same measures, particularly for some disadvantaged people, and how those benefits might be lost if we re-open unmindfully. If we are truly sincere about creating inclusive communities, it will be important to take care to prevent this happening. As we work return to “normal” in Nanaimo and elsewhere (as the focus of this article testifies), it seems important we also work to ensure that we not leave others in a worse state of deprivation than they experienced in the past year of the pandemic. [ARTICLE LINK]