They are market gardeners, musicians, fisherwomen, basketball coaches or retirees. Their common point: they are all committed to their community. And deeply inspiring.
The media are sometimes criticized for having a penchant for bad news. The criticism is not unfounded: it is our role to scrutinize the work of those who govern us, to reveal unmentionable secrets, to flush out scandals. Essential work, fundamental to the democratic health of our society. But not always very jojo, it must be said.
From there to claiming that “happy people have no history”, as an old saying goes, there is a step not to be taken, as our project demonstrates. Quebec on the move, fruit of the work of all the sections of the newspaper – including the latest, In photos, which we are launching today.
This collective effort marks the start of a weekly series that will continue until the summer. The mission of our journalists and photographers: to bring you to meet ordinary Quebecers… anything but ordinary. Passionate and enlightened people, who dared to dream to breathe new life into their part of the country.
I therefore invite you to discover these reports at the level of men, and women of course! They will take you today from Saint-Fulgence – where market gardeners grow organic vegetables under the improbable “three suns” of this Saguenay village – to Baie des Chaleurs, where Captain Camille Gagné smashed a ceiling of glass by becoming the first owner-operator of a snow crab fishing license in Gaspésie.
Happy people do have stories. It is a pleasure for us to tell you about them.