Melamine scandal

It breaks my heart everytime when I see a photo of a child suffering from drinking those tainted milk with melamine. Today I saw another 2 year old boy who is hooked up with tubes to his body because he is suffering from kidney stones. I pray that all those children will get better soon and continue with their normal lives.

After this ordeal, I think all countries which has food manufacturing should comply to a global policy. A policy that would hold a country accountable. For example, if a manufacturer of a particular country dropped the ball, and if the incident is severe enough, all food exported from that country should be banned until the matter is resolved.
I think this is the only way to make a potentially corrupted government to be responsible for the actions of their own local corporations or manufacturers.

I believe this policy will be more effective towards developing countries. History can attest to this fact because accountability is often the last thing to be concern about when a country has been oppressed by poverty. I supposed this is understandable but this is where the government must step in and must be accountable for the actions of its own citizens.

Embarrassing moment for Canadian Olympic athletes

Martin Gilbert had to borrow a bicycle from the Malaysian team because his bicycle broke down. According to this article, http://olympics.thestar.com/2008/article/478869, there could have been 3 Canadian manufacturers, which Martin had contacted, whom can supply the race bikes that he needs. Sigh! Once again, this incident shows how little focus and resource Canada gives to our athletes.


We are about 8 days into the 2008 Olympic and Canada is still in a medal drought. But if I was one of the Canadian athletes, I would feel more embarrassed about the lack of support from our own country then not winning any medals.


I just hope that Canada will not make the same mistake with 2010 Winter Olympics which will be held in Whistler, BC in Canada.