Youth and politics
How inspiring it was to see so many young people in the audience at the candidates’ debate in St. Agatha the other night. The riding of Kitchener-Conestoga contains one of the oldest age demographics in the province, but there was an obvious, if not overwhelming, youth prescence in the crowd. They asked good questions of the candidates and showed a passion for the well-being of their community, province and country.
I must also say how well the young candidates acquitted themselves. They spoke with clarity and resolve with perhaps a bit of youthful naivete. Is youthful idealism and optimism such a bad thing, though?
Perhaps we’ll never return to a time similar to the youth movement of the 1960’s, when young activists and politically astute students thought they could change the world for the better, but there are still some young people out there who believe they can accomplish great things and that the world can be made a better place.