Tentative Idealism

As overjoyed as I am at the outrageously exciting surge in public support for the NDP, I find myself shaking my head along with a significant portion of voters - both pro and antagonists in this political debacle - out of wonderment and concern over the situation surrounding some of our newly elected MPs.

I would like to believe, at the end of the day, that Miss Brosseau would not have submitted herself as a Member of Parliament candidate were she not entirely serious about taking on the role of representative to an entire riding. Her conduct surrounding the campaign, however sensationalized by the media, does make me wonder - however - exactly how serious this young lady is about her new role in the government.

As for all of the skepticism about Miss Brosseau's appropriateness as a representative, I find this whole argument irrelevent as she is who the voters of that riding elected. It was no secret that French is not her first language, and the voters chose her anyway. And if they voted NDP without bothering to research their candidate, and are now pissed to find she is not a true QUEBECOIS, sucks to be you. Should have taken ten minutes to educate yourself on what you voted for.

I hope Miss Brosseau steps up to the plate, and sets an example. I hope she, among many others, does not live up to the Tory vision of and NDP Parliament becoming a childrens' sandbox full of squabbles and people who don't take their jobs seriously.

I think that this is a true opportunity for Canadian politics; I believe, from the bottom of my heart, that youth enervation in the political spectrum has been desperately needed for some time. That fresh faces are required for fresh issues, fresh decisions, and to get to the heart of the questions Canadians are asking that seem to become lost in transit from our communities to Parliament. I hope that, out of desperation to appease their leader, Mr. Layton, out of contempt for the unchallenged authority of Mr. Harper, and out of duty to all the Canadians these young MPs represent, that they will take their jobs more seriously than the representatives we have become so apathetic towards that we don't even know their names.

So Miss Brosseau took a vacation to Vegas. Now that her job has begun, is she not present? Is she not working with Mr. Layton? Is she not about to step up to the plate?

Interesting that so many Tories are spitting on a vacation to Vegas before this young lady has even been employed, while their own MP seats remain empty through the majority of the year.

I'd like to see what these folks have got to say. I'd like to give them a chance. But for Christ's sake, please don't embarrass those of us, old and new to the NDP, that have put our faith in you!