Good leaders listen more than they talk!

Frank Godon has left a new comment on your post, "An open letter to Candidate Sanderson!"

Hi Clare - here is the official announcement of my candidacy on http://metisonline.ca/.

Now to answer your question concerning the LA program and whether it is something that I if elected would look at as the MMF president. First I am not aware of any programs for our Metis youth other than what is outlined in the Youth Initiative Section on the Federation's website - which really doesn't tell us much. But in all honesty I would have to say that youth programs are out of my area of expertise and I would have to rely on the abilities of someone who is better qualified to take on such an endeavor.

The program you have written about sounds like something that we should look at as a publicly funded organization to see if it would work with our youth at risk. And this is an ititiative as a leader I would take a serious look at.
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Dear Candidate Godon:

Thank you for writing. Now that you've officially declared your candidacy we'll have to get used to your new title.

Our letter to which you're referring was sent to Premier Selinger ("Worth a Try?" - October 31, 2009) in which we attached an article from The Los Angeles Times about an innovative, highly successful program designed to curb gang violence by identifying youth at risk then providing them with business mentors and seed money to set up small businesses creating economic opportunities for themselves.

We were subsequently contacted by the Coordinator of the Premier's Secretariat advising us she had passed our correspondedence on to The Honourable Andrew Swan, Minister of Justice. While we've yet to hear from Mr. Swan, as you can see we're sending him a copy of this posting.

While you may not be well versed on youth initiative programs, you're wise to take advice and guidance from those who may have more background and expertise in this area. Good leaders listen more than they talk.

Sincerely,

Clare L. Pieuk

minjus@leg.gov.mb.ca