Four things I very much appreciated on tonight's Tout le monde en parle:
1. There are still many people committed to protecting the natural heritage of Mount Orford Park (a parcel of which is being sold by the Quebec government to build condos);
2. There will be a single, common, mandatory course on all the world's major religions scheduled to replace catechism and other such religion-of-belonging courses, and the Quebec minister of Education was able to strongly refute the suggestion that any teaching on religion be eliminated altogether from the curriculum until CEGEP, saying that education, awareness, and understanding are fundamental enablers for integration and social harmony;
3. At least one of the GG's literary award recipients has a beautiful way with spoken words, not just written, and that such talent is well recognized and rewarded (doubly pleasing in that it also reflects well upon the institution awarding the prize); and
4. There is a song "Dégénération" (play on words with des générations) that speaks about how people today seem to be shirking their responsibilities (even toward their own kids) and taking it easy on the backs of all our ancestors who worked so hard to provide for their families and communities, and that this song is currently on the top of the pop charts in Quebec.
These are the kinds of things that make me proud - and it's lot deeper than any feeling of vindication or validation - I'm glad to see there are so many people (with actual talent) investing themselves in fighting injustice and promoting what they too know deep down is the right thing.
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