The law is an ass....

Reginald Lacroix, I admire you.

There comes a time when thoughtful men decide to take action against that which is believed to endanger the lives of others. You recognized from an actual situation, there was an object that did cause the death of a person, a child, a beloved human being and you did not want to hear of this happening again. Many parents and grandparents would agree with you. Perhaps the city council would agree after deliberations, taking up time to resolve a situation as you did by cutting down the “tree of death.” You did a good deed for our society, at no cost to the tax paying public. I agree with you and with what you have done.

I would join with you in paying whatever the costs might be to buy and plant a “tree of life” that will provide beauty to the environment, to be enjoyed by the people; that would bring pleasure and happiness to the people of Gatineau.

Mr. Lacroix, you took away an offence; you are now willing to give. Let me join with you in the pleasure of giving for the betterment of our little world and in the memory of an innocent child.