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Voted with his feet?

He’s not alone in raising concerns about the potential dangers of the mission. A few short days after Ottawa announced it would send the peacekeeping force, the man responsible for charting possible directions for Canada’s military, Maj.-Gen. Cam Ross, voted with his feet and resigned his post.

In a commentary written for The Globe and Mail, military analyst Scott Taylor says Ross’s move came in apparent protest against the government’s decision not to follow his recommendation to stay out of Afghanistan.

- Canadian peacekeeping mission comes under fire at home, CBC News Online, January 27, 2004.

3. It’s encouraging to see that Americans have been voting with their feet against the big banks that played such a pivotal role in the nation’s recession.

Local banks and credit unions have reported increases in the number of new customers coming through their doors. Anecdotally, it’s clear that a good proportion of those customers are fleeing from big banks and finding a safer, more reliable and more responsible refuge by keeping their money local.

Bank of America’s dalliance with new fees on debit card charges was the most recent fuel that fed the customer walkout. Faced with an unusually large number of customers pulling out, the bank rescinded the fees, as did other big banks.

Those fees were but the latest reason people have withdrawn their money. Anger over bailouts and enormous corporate bonuses, increased fees, layoffs of thousands of rank-and-file bank employees, and frustration and anger with corporate greed have all played their roles. Local banks didn’t take part in the reckless lending and excesses that led to the nation's financial collapse. They stuck with more mundane, yet responsible, lending and business practices. As a result, no local banks required bailouts, and all of them stand on strong financial ground.