À quoi sert Noël, sinon à se remettre à espérer? Les chants liturgiques le proclament. La chanson populaire du temps des Fêtes est, elle aussi, imprégnée d’un désir de bonheur simple, de la victoire des joies quotidiennes sur les ennuis tenaces, la promesse d’un allégement du coeur.
Une réflexion sur les discussions politiques à Noël, les traditions culinaires (ma recette de tarte à Cordélie) et les déceptions de la politique canadienne en 2005.
Ce texte est le compte-rendu d’une entrevue réalisée par Adam Kahane avec Michel Venne en juin 2014 pour la production d’un recueil intitulé Canadas possibles
Ce texte a d’abord paru dans le journal Métro Montréal le 19 décembre 2013
J’ai fait la découverte cet automne de familles fabuleuses, unies par la chanson, et qui m’ont fait vivre de multiples moments de grande émotion ou de simple bonheur.
Ce texte a paru dans un ouvrage publié par l’Institut du Nouveau Monde, Régénérations : Propositions citoyennes pour un Québec intergénérationnel, aux éditions Fides, au quatrième trimestre de 2012
La tentation est forte de promettre, avec le vieillissement, l’avènement d’une lutte des âges. Il serait tout irresponsable de nier l’apparition de ruptures entre les cohortes nées à des époques différentes. La lutte des âges n’aura pas lieu si l’on ultive les forces et reconnaît les contributions de chaque génération.
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