Stéphane on Man(sbridge)
Stéphane Dion was large and in charge during his Peter Mansbridge interview on The National last night (follow the sex marriage win in the House.
But before I go any further, I’d like to say that for a publicly owned institution, CBC News does a bad job of enabling users to share its content (and they’re not alone, I’m looking at you CTV and Global ).
CBC News: you’re not a movie studio or musician. You’re a taxpayer funded democracy-enabler and you should be doing everything in your power to give Canadians the ability to easily share your material with each other and the rest of the world. (Go make a deal with your unions & advertisers and then make your news always available on the Web please in an easy-to-link-to way.)
OK. Now on to the Dion interview… and here’s the thing: I don’t have much to say. You just gotta watch it. UPDATE: CBC removed the link.
It has been so long (never?) since I’ve felt inspired like this by anyone, never mind a politician. You get the sense that Dion is not only deeply informed, knowledgeable and vision-driven, but that he genuinely cares about Canada and Canadians. He’s purposeful and honest and even displays a gentle sense of humour.
What more can I say? I want him to lead this country. Hell, I want him to lead me. I literally got choked up at one point while he was talking about the future of Canada. If Dion can maintain even a fraction of this momentum, Stephen Harper is fucked.
When The National interview started (I guess I have a lot to say after all…), I was with Dion immediately, but I must admit that when I heard the point-blank question on Canada’s role in Afghanistan, I was slightly worried. He had been so forthright and honest in the interview up to that point. Because my Dion insider friend had tipped me off to Dion’s position on Afghanistan and his reluctance to talk about it, I thought I’d see him start to skate. I hoped that, at least, he’d be honest in his skating.
Well guess what? Dion didn’t skate at all. He told Mansbridge straight up, exactly what he thought and shared some of the most sensible ideas I’ve ever heard about Canada’s (undefined) mission in Afghanistan.
And after that, Dion continued to hit every question out of the park.
I am, in fact, so filled with respect for the new Liberal leader that I’ve decided to always type ALT-130 to display the proper é character in his first name. Yeah, I know. That will mean typing over 37% more characters every time I spell Dion’s first name, but I think he’s worth the extra effore. I encourage all you bloggers to do the same…
So, yet again, here’s the link to Stéphane Dion’s interview with Peter Mansbridge (starts at 22:10) UPDATE: I’ll let you know if I find a new copy of it on the Web somewhere. If that doesn’t work, go here and click on The National. (You better go see it while it’s still up — the video name is generic and will probably become ‘updated ‘ when a new The National goes live at 11:30 tonight.)
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