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"Margaret Atwood is doing her grocery shopping in her local supermarket in
Toronto, and it is taking longer than usual. This is not because
The
Handmaid’s Tale author turns 86 this month, but because she is checking the
provenance of every item before it goes in her trolley: California satsumas
out; Canada spuds in. Atwood is a passionate environmentalist, but at the
moment she is more worried about boycotting anything that comes from over the
border in the US than air miles. “Elbows up!” she declares, taking a furious
stance in the fruit and veg aisle.
Back in her kitchen she shows me a YouTube skit of Canadian prime minister Mark
Carney and comedian Mike Myers in the national hockey kit to explain the
significance of “Elbows up”, a growing gesture of Canadian resistance. “Oh,
they’re angry. They’re furious,” she says of the reaction to President Trump’s
proposed plans to make Canada the 51st state of America. “We’ve not got a very
big army. If they wanted to invade they could do so. But I don’t think they
would. Do they have any idea what it would be like to try to occupy a hostile
Canada? It would not be a joke.” Trump would have to deal with Atwood, for
starters."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
