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Your regularly scheduled Music Monday post will return at a later date. 

But having attended the NDP Leader's Gala tonight (great event – kudos to all the organizers!), I've got politics on the brain so I thought I'd post this video of Jaime Garcia being introduced in the Legislature by MLA Sandra Morin (I guess you could consider that little “this channel is off air” motif at the start of the clip as your music for the week? ) 

For good or for bad, if modern politics is about a candidate's story or their “narrative” (see: Obama, Barack for the ultimate example), this video does a good job of showing that Jaime has a very compelling story himself,  having come to Canada at age 11, his family having fled their home country after his father was persecuted and left as a paraplegic for standing up for people's rights.  The idea that within a generation, this young man could become an elected member of our government is a powerful idea.  That's not all Jaime brings to the table of course – I've touched on the various reasons I'm supporting him elsewhere – but that's part of it. 

Watch for yourself…

[Oh, and Regina Coronation Park candidate, Tory McGregor posted a correction to the Facebook comparison I did of the various candidates.  I've updated the list with his correction as well as current numbers for all the candidates – including a newly joined one, Roger Bucsis – and apologize to Tory for the oversight.]