The Pink Party

Today is Election Day in Quebec. Last night, Derek was bemoaning the fact that he didn't know who to vote for. The two main parties, the Liberal party and the Parti québécois, do not represent our stances, in one way or another. So I started naming off our other options: le Parti Québec solidaire, the Green Party...

"Party" seems to be one of those words that kids pick up on. But Maïa and Solanne preferred the idea of a Pink Party. I asked them what their platform would be (I had to explain what a platform is). Here are some highlights of their new party:

Everyone would have the right to the following:

cake and ice cream

disco

breakfast

bracelet-making

drawing

play

sleeping well at night

Solanne, on her part, clarified:

pink cake

ice cream & fruit

food

necklaces

crayons

So on this election, let us all take a moment to consider how much of a better place this would be if we only let our kids make some of the decisions.