Yeay, Michaëlle Jean!!

I would be lying if I didn’t admit that I’m a quite pleased with the recent announcement that Michaëlle Jean will be our next governor general. She’s young, she’s black, she’s French, she’s an immigrant, she’s got it all. But I think what I like most about her is that she’s a journalist with an amazingly accurate and philanthropic world vision. In an interview on the CBC, one of her coworkers – at the CBC – said that she struck him as the kind of person that would speak out on issues that mattered to her. I think that’s fabulous. I’m all for sober second thought when its warranted, and especially if the thought is actually sober. I am especially excited about her pledges concerning child poverty but I hope she will also raise her voice on issues of immigration and third world poverty.