Canada's ships destined for the scrapyard are in need of saviours

But other venerable Canadian ships have cheated fate earlier. The S.S. Keewatin, CCGC Alexander Henry and the HMCS Haida were spared by reprieves and rescue. Evicted from host cites but fortunately finding new “forever” homes.

Here’s hoping the fortunate handful will survive until another more sympathetic generation takes over as stewards. Today’s decision-makers are akin to those in postwar U.K. who sent almost all of the Second World War’s Royal Navy ships to be broken up.

Sadly, today on the Canadian side of “the Pond” new people are running things. New futures. New visions.

The times informed by Gordon Lightfoot, Stan Rogers and Farley Mowat have passed. Benighted times are at hand.

Steven Lindsey, Keene, N.H.