FYI

 In the Philippines, the parents worked so hard to give their kids a better future. They made sure that their kids studied and finished their education. That when they are finished and graduated  graduated from University they can find better employment. It is up for their kids to help their parents or be of help when the right time comes. It is not a duty or obligation but a sign of respect and gratitude although it is not a life long service especially if you have nothing. In the Philippines, nobody accept age 16 or age 18 for work and employers do not accept without College or University Education. They always asked for certification. Sometimes, finding work is hard and complicated that "special connection is required." Well employers always asked for references anyway.

In Canada, the children or kids can study up to the Senior High and if they want to work at age 16 or age 18 it is up to them. Because at age 18 in High School they are required to do volunteer work or work with pay as part of the academia. Now if those kids found that working with pay is great then they continue to work. That happened most of the time. Sometimes, they love working not thinking of going to College & University because they are already working at age 18 and making money. Now the ambition gets higher and they think of College and University Education. There is no age limit in educating yourself in Canada. You can go to College even if you are age 60 or 80. 

People who started working at age 16 have more job experience. Let's take for example my husband who started working at age 16 in his father's business in the logging camp. Then he went to College in BCIT (British Columbia Institute of Technology) with the Course in Forestry:  Pulp & Paper Products which was very in demand in those years. The Pulp Mill was such a great industry for British Columbia, for the whole Canada. He worked for the Pulp Mill in Prince Rupert as Supervisor then worked as Manager in Stevedoring Company that load shiploads of pulp, lumber (logs), grains: wheat, barley and crops for shipping. My husband had loads of work experience in his resume'.

However, what happened from 1995 to Year 2000? The politics getting wild and crazy... the world was changing at faster rate by the minute, HIGH TECHNOLOGY, the boom of COMPUTERS had reached the so called generation X (?) or the Millennials and the PULP MILLS< SAW MILLS including the MINING Industry had SHUTDOWN and millions of Canadians were deeply affected. How many hundred thousands of families were ruined? How many lost their jobs? How many couples had divorced and turned their families  into dysfunctional? How many houses were sold due to foreclosures by banks? The boom of Computers had too many working in a white collar jobs without pay. Looked so promising. They looked like they are working in Technology and then so many of those software engineers had catapulted into millionaires and billionaires its because some of their workers worked without pay. The prestige, the honor that kind of feeling being in a concrete jungle of working in front of computers!! Who are really benefited? The Electric Company, the Computer Industry, the Software and Electronics Company, the Cellphone makers. Do you really need cellphones? Do you think the kids need cellphones?

Now what? LOVE THE WORK YOU HAVE RIGHT NOW. 

The world is full of trickery, deceptions and deceivers. Remember DESIDERATA. With the TRUMP TARIFF THREAT the world of work will change from good to worse. It will create chaos. It would be TRADE WARS. It would be heartbreaking for most families who will lose their jobs and will eventually greatly affected every family here in Canada. It will be devastating and horrible. But wait... how are we to change the pattern of wrong to being right? Not all people are evil. Not all people are capable of wrongdoing. Not all people are crazy and insane! There must be people out there who are capable of DOING IT RIGHT. The COURT OF APPEALS found that TRUMP had violated the Constitution and imposing humongous exorbitant tariffs is ILLEGAL, UNLAWFUL  & EVIL. Darn , how come you are too slow to state the error? It is common sense when something is WRONG IT IS BAD! When its bad it is WRONG. For God sake!! Where are your brains? 

Here it is folks... you don't need to have an education TO HAVE CONSCIENCE!

And according to the famous actor MIKE MYERS :

"CANADA IS NOT FOR SALE! ELBOWS UP!!!!"

Lastly...  CANADA DO NOT BE AFRAID.