JCT: I was preparing to go to Montreal for the Quebec Social
Forum when I heard the news that Prime Minister Harper had called
4 byelections, none in Ontario, one in BC, one in Nova Scotia,
two in Quebec, on in Three Rivieres, about 1000km away and the
other in the downtown Montreal riding of Hochelaga, right beside
the University of Quebec at Montreal!

So between sessions at the Quebec Social Forum, I drove over to
Hochelaga and got my 100 signatures on my nomination paper over
the next few days and filed everything on Monday when leaving
town. So I got to kill 2 birds with 1 stone and if this Quebec
election is anything like the last one in Outremont, there'll be
no election debates and I won't even have to go back.

But if there are debates, I'll be there and like they reported
back in 1980s in another byelection "la tornade Turmel s'abat sur
Levis." The Turmel Tornado lands on Hochelaga? We'll see.

I had a particular successful line explaining how community
currency would work when I'd say: we'll pay kids with bus tickets
to take care of old people and take the bus tickets in payment of
taxeds by parents.