In Kamouraska, all politics is local

Henry Kissinger once defined university politics in a way that easily applies to small towns, by saying the smaller the stakes, the more vicious the conflict. And certainly, the election was no cakewalk.

Andrew Caddell writes that he would not speak French, understand the cycle of the tides, appreciate the environment, Quebec culture and politics, or rural life without having spent so much time in Kamouraska, and he was worried about where the village was going. Photograph courtesy of Andrew Caddell

Opinion

BY ANDREW CADDELL

November 10, 2021

KAMOURASKA, QUE.—I began writing this column in July of 2017. As regular readers know, over the past four years I have been critical of people in public life. I believe I earned my cynicism: I worked as a public servant, ministerial assistant, and reporter over the past 45 years, and saw my fill o...

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