Read at the Yuzhno-Sakalinsk Conference October 22, 2014. October 13, 2014 Dear President Putin: When growing up in Chilliwack, British Columbia, I absorbed a deep fear of Russians. In certain contexts we learned to call you “Soviets,” “Commies,” or “Reds,” but generally the word “Russians” was used. You were the enemy of the period, we were in a war with you, and you had exploded your first atomic bomb when I was two years old. Our leaders say we are not in our cold war with Russia and … [Read more...] about Dear President Putin