I am soon to be a grandmother and I can't say enough good things about the kids at the Dal Student Union.
When their elders in the province's parties refused to rebuke Tony Clement for shortchanging this region on the copyright- internet consultations back in August, the kids took over from us aging Baby Boomers and ran with the issue.
It was the kids - and the folks at Chebucto Community Net -who decided to hold a real public Town down east on internet worries, not a sham town Hall, like that in Toronto, stacked by Music Industry functionaries fearing for their jobs, all singing Tony's praises.
The Tories are killing innovation in the regions by handing control over valuable patents etc to the big guys with the big money in T.O.
Why this very week, we are reminded how smart we Maritimers really are - when Willard Boyle got the Nobel for laser and digital cameras.
I know his son David and David told me about his dad's work - but I, like the party leaders like Darrell and Stephen and Karen and Ryan,paid it no mind till Nobel came calling.
Mea Culpa ....
And thanks Dal students for leading the way to protect Maritimers' chance to be innovative for the benefit of all humanity -- too bad the old farts are ignoring this !
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