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Y Now there is just under two Canadian young people the of everything it I%Clembia a’f P Although you can easily get by _ Veeks left of the program for me. opportunity to live and work â€" comparison to British Otlllwt fiZ 6. iR | _ in town speaking English, I have t is difficult to think about ho# throughout Canada. f Now, however, I l‘eahiZ; "better" [R _ WeAE noticed my French improving, _ {DY life will be without Katimavik Erica has been sending province (or territory) ce all W s ( ol Not long ago, we were required to hecause I feel like I‘ve been here occasional writeâ€"ups homefor area than another; they alakcepr F M se _ O WA complete ~ : community for so long. I want to have my life readers. This is her last for the uniquely exotic, when you ac tw JR w2 . } e 7 Te l involvement _ project. 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It is times like when we would play group rotated from the beautiful â€" Bedford has a life of its 07“'/1;1. re.1 i o k. _ WE â€"times like this, when I‘m truly 10Kkes on each other. one fuge warm sunny mountains of With1.n the first datslb “%olin R 4 ..‘ | being tested, that T Fealize J.usyt here, one of the guys in our group Merritt, British Columbia, to the was ]0k1‘ng1y labeled le7 Cl $ W i MB _ how far L can go, and it motivates Came home from a walk dragging snowy cold of Bedford, Quebec, â€" Deere Girl"because of my iuéli bet t ' _ WR _ me to keep reaching just a little 2 large suitcase he found. From on March 1. The rotation was roots, and the name hi}s1 btown o (* bit further. Mside the suitcase we could hole difficult for our group. ever since. Working for eaian . oi n _’J We have been presented with barking and growling noises. He Merritt was a very open town of Bedford, my job s mt' ied K9 (9s Rimsl oo in * _ many opportunities to get out of CDvinced us he had trapped a where we had met a lot of new â€" maintenance work, so I uo Erica Meekes the community during this ©Mall dog inside that had now friends, and really enjoyed our with painting. My employer‘s 4 rotation. To date, we have been to """ned very ferocious after being Te o s B (fically sA IOWIE surrounding aloenflned in the small space. We Bedf}cl)rccll, ettlr;d Ql]llebec Ctlty. Also, theri a(lil ivtetry colzivmcteg; but in we ha e chance _ °n urned ou e only E Montréal a few times. se gl“ng in the suitcase was one osf i In Montréal we were invited to © girls from the group, barking ; the set of Musique Plus (the an? growling. f French version of Much Music, a enjoy reminiscing about teleyvision music talk show) ggjtlmavfik’ fi‘_lt at the same time I where we met the band Queens of wa 0y thinking about where I the Stone zgge. As exciting as that hax?et tt}cl)eggrfro? her% NOW,I I just ol After this "year off," I feel so emes on mp ue ol ie maoine mooalal mid During the event, I was able to â€" much more prepared for life than J as cool as they appear in the .°Und that in all provinces there have _ a _ very _ inspiring Ithink school could ever have U media. are many beople who would o conversation with Paul Macklin, prepared me for. Nothing in this g Katimavik also presented us Tather stagnate. They believe the my Member of Parliament. Ialso program has been easy, and & with an amazing opportunity to wWorld "outside" is a corrupt and had the opportunity to briefly leaving it won‘t be either. Bug || travel to Ottawa. On May 11 baq Place: speak with Jacques Hébért, as nothing worthwhile in life ever [ssc :y is RpRatim:vi s Tt could be my innocence, but I well as Justin Trudeau. Days like â€" really is. i promotiona} event that our group CfiheVQ in life, and I bel.ieve I can en arimteniaretnim e cenreneteare ies tetnt en vaimatiertatne snn ictontiatrnatne ns had been invited to. Jacques change the world. Ibelleve I will se ritar s Hébért (the man who founded Waange the world, in one little | Katimavik in 1977) â€" was Y, as everyone I have met on a organizing a "wine and cheeso" I‘;lgrjl(?jurnily; will also change the party, a chance for many in their own little ways. Katimavik participants to meet aG{)adUallyy the world will become their members of parliament, foretter place, when we all work There were alsi)la few senators K“e,z}tlflt :i;%fl?qheve gl j present, as well as Katimavik m is such an amazing officials who were all very ?trfigl‘am because for everything interested in hearing about our me S given me. It also has given Katimavik experiences so far Myself. £S) |