My last and second visit to your beautiful country, Canada and its vibrant Province, Alberta during your summer of 2018 was a very memorable one. I pledged to visit and explore the vast country every two years but my planned visit in 2020 was rudely interrupted by the Covid-19 pandemic raging across the world as international travel bans came into effect. Almost half of my immediate family, including my brothers, sister, numerous first cousins and countless nephews and nieces are full fledged Canadian citizens, with the one group having first arrived in the land of the Maple Leaf in 1976. Impressed by its beauty, splendour, peace, tranquillity, democratic values and human rights, many of my South African family members chose to make Canada their final home. Indeed, my own country, South Africa following its first democratic elections in 1994 under the leadership of the great and now late Nelson Mandela has modelled much of its constitutional values and legal systems on the Canadian system. I spent three wonderful days in the lovely and small town of Two Hills, where my eldest brother Sonny Rajoo is now happily retired. The small town’s citizen impressed me with their kindness and peaceful demeanor. I was welcomed with open arms and made many new friends. My visit to Canada also exposed me to the destructive effects of global warming on our planet. Canada which has a strong environmental culture and consciousness makes it a dream visit for real nature lovers and ambitious outdoor explorers. Flanking Alberta’s western border with their rugged mountain peaks and ranges, the Canadian Rockies are home to alpine meadows, blue water lakes, wild waterways, back country wilderness and some of the best hiking and skiing in the world. I visited the famous Banff National Park and Jasper National Park, as well as numerous provincial parks and recreation areas – all of which provide incredible year round adventures and activities. Having travelled 12000 km by car throughout the Canadian Province of Alberta which is appropriately named as “ Wild Rose County”, the effects of climate change are all too visible. On my visit to the eastern slopes of the Canadian Rocky Mountains, glacier cover has been decreasing rapidly in recent years, and total cover is now approaching the least extent experienced in the last several millennia. As the glacial cover has decreased, so have the downstream flow volumes. Putting it simply - the Canadian Rockies and Canada in general is like “heaven on earth”. May God Bless Canada and save it from the ravages of the Covid-19 pandemic. Stay home and Stay Safe. God Bless You.