The electoral campaign is officially launched. Partisan Quebec leaves no room for nuance. You have to choose your side. If it’s one, it’s certainly not the other: the people who don’t accept the artificial paths of polarization are those who get labeled as “undecided”.
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In Quebec, getting involved in politics is usually synonymous with belonging to a party. This culture is not one that encourages youth to get involved. From now on, it is no longer the parties that are important to us, it is the causes that are to be defended. The planet is burning, home ownership is the dream of another era and the simple ability to eat properly seems financially out of reach.
Young people are not only the Quebec of tomorrow, but also the Quebec of today.
Young people have the chance to evolve in a connected environment that encourages reflection and includes among its ranks people who are politicized and interested in Quebec democracy.
Despite this, involvement in a political formation is far from being the favored path. Not out of lack of interest, but out of disdain for the obligatory label that accompanies involvement.
It seems as hard to miss the hundreds of placards on every street corner as the insults hurled at each other by political parties during election campaigns. Perhaps it is also for this reason that the path of involvement in the National Assembly no longer resonates with young people as much as it once did.
Better time spent
Although the debate of ideas is necessary to move Quebec forward, the time spent tugging at the electorate or defending partisan balance sheets should be invested in opening up dialogue with the community and discussing visions, projects and aspirations. Consulting the community during the election period on the means to move towards a more just, inclusive Quebec that is representative of the plural realities of its population is certainly not in the headlines at the present time. It is a job that is often invisible and should on the contrary be brought to light. This would perhaps contribute to shifting the perception that young people have of the Quebec political sphere towards a more pleasant and positive vision.
The fear of getting involved in the political space due to partisanship is alarming. However, it is not too late to change things: young people believe in a Quebec that rises through the richness of its diversity, in a Quebec that listens to people who do not have the privilege of To hear. In a Quebec that puts forward projects that meet the most urgent needs of its population.
Progress is no longer attributed to a single political party: it is the result of exchanges, compromises, debates and plural visions. Party lines and simplistic exchanges are no longer of interest. While partisanship is no longer enough to attract supporters, an important question arises: “How can we ensure that our political culture evolves in the image of the new generations? »