A terrible loss for the families, hopefully all due supports are directed their way.

In the USA, after a sudden mass loss of life due to gun violence, there's always the question of "is now is the right time" to raise commentary on the gun problem. I suspect most Canadians would agree that yes, right after such an incident is absolutely the right time to raise the gun problem. Why not?

With some hesitation, and with respect to those who may disagree with me, I would propose that that now is the right time to talk about a media reporting problem in Canada.

Come on, Globe and Mail, in the course of about a day you've got three men dead in a BC workplace and a man dead in an Alberta firefighting workplace. 

They join hundreds and hundreds of men, yes, men, killed in workplaces every year in Canada. Indeed, as another paper reported: "Nine of Ten workplace deaths are men". 

If 90 percent of workplace deaths were women, imagine the massive focus this paper would shine on the problem!