VINELAND, ON
Fb’s hardline stance towards Canada’s debatable Invoice C-18 has resulted in the blocking off of Canadian information from a lot of resources together with, however now not restricted to, Mrs. Ruth Kehler of Vineland, Ontario.
“Did you notice Tina Fehr’s neckline on Sunday? Neatly I by no means,” mentioned Kehler. “And did you pay attention about Mrs. Plett’s daughter Wendy? Turns out she’s residing with that Peters boy from Niagara-on-the-Lake. Oba nay!”
After now not getting a unmarried “thumbs up” or “stunned” response, Kehler started to wonder whether her gossip used to be in reality achieving her target market.
“I thought via the Wednesday morning Bible Learn about everybody would have heard the inside track,” mentioned Kehler. “However none of them knew about it. They hadn’t even heard concerning the Kroeker’s marital discord, even though, to be truthful, all of us noticed that one coming …”
The block has additionally affected the Wiebe brothers, retired dairy farmers from Kleefeld, Manitoba.
“I suppose we’ll simply must confine our gossip to the espresso store or church foyer,” mentioned Abe Wiebe. “I believe it’ll unfold quicker that approach anyway.”
Abe plans to percentage a “prayer request” this Sunday a few worry he has for a fellow dairy farmer who’s “simply now not proper with the Lord.”
“After all, I admire his privateness, so I received’t let you know his identify,” mentioned Wiebe. “All I’ll say is that he’s a 32-year-old Kornelsen and lives over in New Bothwell and works on the cheese manufacturing unit.”
Kehler and Wiebe, alternatively, are some distance from the one sufferers of this new coverage. In step with Fb, even Mrs. Reimer of Blumenort has been blocked, which has Mennonites around the nation thinking about their get entry to to knowledge as Mrs. Reimer has persistently been Canada’s maximum dependable supply of reports for many years.
