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After the Ballot - DVD/Chers électeurs - DVD
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After the Ballot documents the gruelling everyday life of
two Members of Quebec’s
National Assembly who, although at opposite ends of the political spectrum,
share the fact that their sole power lies in their convictions. Two MNAs. Two
adversaries. And two entirely different realities, whether in Parliament or in
their ridings. Daniel Turp is the P.Q. Member of the National Assembly for
Mercier. His degrees are in law. He is a man of ideas who loves culture and
who favours social housing. The reason he embarked on a political career was
to help achieve sovereignty for Quebec.
Charlotte L’Écuyer, Liberal Member of the National Assembly for Pontiac,
is pragmatic and wary of promises. She served as Director of Pontiac’s health
and social services centre before going into politics and dealing with crucial
issues linked to the forest industry and lumber crisis. Chers électeurs aptly
illustrates that ordinary MNAs have very little authority since the real power
is wielded by ministers who, in turn, are subject to the ups and downs of a
globalized economy. Meanwhile, their fellow citizens keep asking for the
impossible. Is an MNA’s life a hopeless mission?
2009, 89 min 51 s
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