Imagine, three passes for thousands of interested, motivated students concerned with their future, hoping to gain insight as to how their democratic government handles international affairs that will have implications for generations to come. No, it seems that despite all their tenacity and organization they have been caught in a web of politics. Despite the great efforts of Mr. Tamin, a Media Relations Representative for the Department who demonstrated an interest in this student project, he was unable to push our request any further and was forced to decline Lower Canada College's application to attend the Summit. The once high hopes of our student journalists of making that journey to Quebec City fell like a stone from the sky. It is a sad day when students whose lives will be changed by the decisions being made at this summit are forced to apply for the right to report on that matter, and have such a right rejected.
Democracy appears to be an exclusive club, where membership is for the powerful and elite.
The students wished to attentively absorb the information being presented by the delegates within the meeting halls and by the opposition, in hopes of accurately presenting both sides of the debate with the spin of a youthful perspective. After all this, it is not a matter that is void of youth concern, it is the opposite. The men and women who gather on April 20-22 in Quebec City will be laying down the foundation for future generations, discussing matters of human rights, environmental degradation and trade among the nations that will soon be run by those who are now youths. Who would have thought that it could happen in a country reputed as being a leader of the free world. The present structure of the web site in place is to provide a sample of things to come.