Quebec’s children are worried about rising costs, write letters to politicians [Video]

Every year, hundreds of children visit Quebec’s National Assembly and take the opportunity to write letters to their elected officials.

In 2019, they were concerned about climate change but now, they are worried about the cost of living — some even leave hateful comments in their letters.

Gabrielle Dufour-Larue, the National Assembly’s educational programs advisor, says every month, she empties the letterbox in the “Action” room and forwards the children’s messages to the MNAs concerned.

While in 2019, Greta Thunberg’s name was on everyone’s minds, and the children were mainly concerned about the environment, five years later, a new issue has appeared: inflation and the cost of living.

“When it comes to the more political subjects, the environment is still on everyone’s lips, and then there’s the issue of rising prices just about everywhere now,” said Dufour-Larue as she opened a few messages.

One such letter from Émie, 10, reads: …