Opinion

For a nation ranked just this month as the fourth best place to live in the world, Canada seems to have trouble with a basic quality-of-life issue: keeping alcohol out of the cars after leaving the bars.

The transition from summery Toronto to cold, grey Edmonton made me reconsider the entire trip. But it was at this point that I learned something not only about myself, but also about many labourers.

While I have never been a fan of the flashing-blue-light-in-the-ear look, or of people babbling into thin air, if the new rule is going to help protect my life and the lives of countless others on the road, I guess I’m willing to look a little goofy.

The volunteers who gave their bodies for this purpose may well have agreed that the body is a temple. They’re simply allowing their beneficiaries to display that temple in a new and unique way.