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While talking about career aspirations of her classmates, Anne Shirley, 13-year-old girl in Lucy Maud Montgomery's famous novel Anne of Green Gables, says: "Charlie Sloane says he's going to go into politics and be a Member of Parliament, but Mrs. Lynde says he'll never succeed at that, because the Sloanes are all honest people, and it's only rascals that get on in politics nowadays." This must be a stunning indictment against politicians by Canada's most adored writer and it is shared by many today.
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When will MPs work for public interest?
While talking about career aspirations of her classmates, Anne Shirley, 13-year-old girl in Lucy Maud Montgomery's famous novel Anne of Green Gables, says: "Charlie Sloane says he's going to go into politics and be a Member of Parliament, but Mrs. Lynde says he'll never succeed at that, because the Sloanes are all honest people, and it's only rascals that get on in politics nowadays." This must be a stunning indictment against politicians by Canada's most adored writer and it is shared by many today.
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