2020 is almost over, thank goodness. Incredible, unprecedented, unimaginable, challenging, these are some of the more polite words we’ve used to describe this year and what we’ve experienced. Early into the pandemic I wrote an OPED in the Montreal Gazette about the angst of being a small business owner and my frustration with the federal government and their lack of support. Oh, how they could have done things better on so many levels.

When it comes to the best places to live in the world, many Canadian cities rank high on the liveability index. However, if we are to be measured by the performance of our vaccine rollout, our scores are among the lowest in the world and considered by many to be a national embarrassment.

In the COVID-19 world, insomnia and a laptop can be a dangerous combination. I own a small business and presumably the life blood of our beleaguered economy.

Last week we said cheerio to a young healthcare communications professional who spent three weeks at energi on an exchange.

If you live in a glass house, get some better window treatment.

One day I will tell my grandchildren that I was around at the very beginning of what must be one of the fastest growing industries in modern history.