Hello again!
The formula is thin since my last post was several months and had intended to try to explain why there had been a while since I did not write.
We arrive in mid-October and I still wonder when summer will arrive in 2009 or if it will happen one day. Renovations, trips through Quebec for various events, attempts to escape the summer, renovations, work, visit friends at home, renovations, too little sun and swimming, some "gin and tonic, and college courses ... uh ... Renovations ... mean that I have not seen spend the summer. We must deal with, I tell myself often.
Sometimes it too.
Another small focus: As the primary purpose of this blog was originally, and remains, the exchange of ideas and debate from the perspective of building the Québec of tomorrow, I will try to focus on topics related to this theme. It does not however prevent me to deliver some more personal stories or skidding about things too good or too serious in life that deserve to be highlighted, hold you to say.
Speaking of things too good, my sister Miriam is pregnant for several months now and if the trend continues, I will be "my uncle" in March ... Like what reality than fiction and sometimes life can amaze us, as will see those who follow his tribulations for over a year.
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Have you heard of the municipal campaign in your area, since a few months? Do you know who are the candidates for mayor (if there is more than one, as hundreds of municipalities in Quebec have their mayors elected by acclamation), with the judges?
If you answered NO, you do it on purpose.
There is no reason, while the municipal elections stand on the same date throughout Quebec, many of these races (especially for large cities) occupy a vast media and that the effort of the Chief Electoral Officer (Chief Electoral Officer) is tangible both in traditional media Internet, not to be aware of what the proposed 2009 municipal.
The law is the remedy decision that allows the election of as many representatives of the people, which offers the most direct contact with citizens and not to neglect, in which some elected officials are with the largest number of direct votes in Quebec, Canada to see (the choice mayor of Montreal, for example, comes from the potential direct vote of more than one million voters when the electoral Jean Charest were 48 995 in 2008 and that of Stephen Harper 90,756 at this time).
Therefore go and vote, not only because it is a right and a duty or because it is an enormous power in the City address, but especially because it affects us directly, in everyday life.
That said, it is mainly to congratulate some craftsmen (candidates, volunteers, organizers) of the current municipal campaign that I wanted to broach the subject.
Everywhere in Quebec, I meet young people under 40 who support municipal politics. Some face for the first time, ballot voters. Others cut their teeth on the work of organizing an election campaign. Others follow the course of the campaign and, once made their choice, give a little time to a cause or a person in whom they believe.
is impressive.
Maybe the city, at first glance, offers an opportunity to engage in a less traditionally partisan elections than in others. Maybe these young people feel they can have a more Live the life of their citizens. Perhaps there are many vacancies and is therefore less need to be part of a selective club.
Good.
We are witnessing an offensive youth in the context of this campaign, not only among the parties or candidates, but also among youth groups that are heard. It's refreshing!
course, some would argue that this phenomenon is more pronounced (see observable only) in large cities. It is clear that it does (even though I know kids who face the electorate in less urban municipalities and villages) but renewal is not defined starting point and each young motivated, intelligent and critically involved is a brick in the construction of an active generation.
Make the choice of political and social action when one is young (and not because one is young, quality and potential contributions to society are the prerequisites to be fulfilled when we aspire to represent the population ) is difficult and it is customary to tip our hat to those who do, no matter where they come from but knowing where they go.
They are forerunners, pioneers and models.
Bravo!
