Did you hear Justin Trudeau’s description of quantum computing?  For a leader of the free world to be this ‘with it’ is, for me, remarkable.  Just in time, just in synch, just in case you thought politicians were total bullshit, along comes this guy.  His partner Sophie sings when she feels its the best way to express herself.  He self-declares as a feminist, apparently because he knows what it means and genuinely believes in it.  He appoints a diverse caucus.  And now he (hopefully spontaneously) answers a question about our future with the sincerity, the excitement, and the intellectual maturity demonstrated in this video clip.

No doubt he is imperfect in his answer but he can spell ‘nuclear’ far beyond what we have come to expect from world leaders.  Justin Trudeau seems to have a full brain.  Pinch me.  He leaves me asking myself, how can I better follow? How can I be a better Canadian?

I respect Stephen Harper as an economist.  I love  Jack Layton because he was so much a man of the people.  I appreciate how Tom Mulcair held leaders accountable.  I share Elizabeth May’s long term commitment to a sustainable planet.  But, for the first time since I was a teenager, I think we have leader who ‘gets it.’  Mom, I’m coming out.  Justin, I think, you’re the one!