Something I’m really passionate about is educating people about the sex trade in Asia. It is so sad and wrong that 4, 5, 6 year old girls have to sell themselves just to survive. But nothing will change until people stop turning a blind shoulder, and actually do something to stop it.

We can make a difference, it’s just a matter of getting out of our comfort zone to do it.

In a business & Economic course I took a year back, we were asked to come up with some recommendations that would promote small business growth, such as cottage industries and small service sectors companies so that they could compete with the large big box store and mega corps. such as GM and Walmart. One area that we tackled was the labour shortage that still persists today. Labour being the key ingredient of a successful business was in hot demand, and skilled labour was crucial. Teaching the mom and pop family business was one avenue that seem to be a recipe for failure because Western business models always say growth is the gaol.

So we ended up coming up with a totally different perspective that says lower taxes, give incentives and ease trade restrictions that most always favour the larger corporations.

Perhaps Canada and Mexico should learn the lessons of the American Dream and tear that chapter out of the business handbook and refocus our initiatives back to the micro business. From an environmental perspective, micro business would probably do a better job of sustaining our environment just in lower carbon emissions alone. I too am pro-small business, and I enjoy my walks to my local grosser, barber shop and farmers market.