And Then There Was Hope...

A re-post from a favorite blog of mine: It's Getting Hot In Here.

Stéphane Dion has just been elected the new Federal Leader of the Liberal Party of Canada. (Equal to leader of “Democrats” in the U.S.)

Dion was the previous Minister of the Environment for Canada before the Conservative government came into power in February. Dion was also the previous President of the United Nations (U.N.) Conference of the Parties and Meeting of the Parties (COP/MOP) on climate change. He lead Canada and influenced many countries in the world to make last year’s U.N. Climate Change Conference in Montreal, Canada, an INCREDIBLE success.

In his victory speech tonight he noted that the number one goal in Canada right now should be sustainability. Thank you Dion. And thank you everyone who voted. Dion is one of the few politicians whom I have been genuinely inspired by. He also is a dedicated supporter to the youth movement, stating at the U.N. last year that ‘the youth may just be the most important constituency here at this conference.’

This new position also makes Dion the Leader of the Opposition, as the Liberal party is the opposition in Parliament. With his dedication to the most important issues, I can only see Canada’s future getting brighter.

By Zoe Caron