Vote Bravo!
Last night CBC Radio hosted "New Visions for Toronto: The Candidates Debate" - featuring a number of candidates in this year's municipal election here in the GTA. One of the candidates on the panel was Alejandra Bravo, (candidate for the Davenport riding, north of my own) with whom, along with her brother Ricardo, I attended Jesse Ketchum Public School back in the day. They were from Chile and in fact were the first South Americans I'd ever met. Surprising considering the dense ethnic mix at J.K. during those years.
It's so nice to see Alex in the political game. She lost last time around (placing second to Cesar Palacio with 40% of the vote) but now that people have had a chance to see her run and now run again, I think she's got a really good chance. Even in grade school she was politically engaged, talking about Allende and the Chilean coup of 1973, and Augusto Pinochet's rise to power. Her family emigrated to Canada in 1973-74. Let's hope she wins this time around!