With the municipal elections coming up on October 24, voters will be looking to our slates of candidates and judging them based on their ideas and platforms. This is the third article in an ongoing column by Clarence Braun, former mayor of Niverville, about the qualities of leadership we should look for in those who will lead our communities for the next four years. 

I’ve dealt with depression since I was young, when I was in Grade Four. Although it got really bad when I was in Grade Six, my condition calmed down for a few years and only popped back up around the time when I was transitioning from Grade Nine to Grade Ten. Before too long, the depression got to the point where I attempted to take my own life.

It is a well-known economic theory that the three major factors in free markets—resources, labour, and capital—will be used or invested in the area where they are most productive. According to the theory, these factors, and the people who direct them, will always look for the greatest efficiency, and hence the greatest profit.

It can be difficult to explain the importance of a Pride march or festival to someone who has never had a homophobic slur shouted at them.

With the municipal elections coming up this fall, on October 24, voters will be looking to our slates of candidates and judging them based on their ideas and platforms. Sometimes we spend so much time evaluating candidates by their politics, though, that we forget to evaluate them as potential leaders. For the next few months, columnist Clarence Braun, former mayor of Niverville, will be writing about the qualities of leadership we should look for in those who will lead our communities for the next four years.

Earlier this year, while the Stanley Cup playoffs were in full swing, whiteout parties were a happening thing—after all, everyone loves a good game! But consider: is it fair that these players are getting paid anywhere from $450,000 a year to Jonathan Toews making $13.8 million dollars for the 2017–2018 season?1