Animal Welfare Exponent
She is so astoundingly unlike any of her predecessors; unpretentious, casual, refreshing. Her presence in Canada's national capital as the wife of our current prime minister is a refreshing change. She is eminently likeable, personable and as a mother of two young children surprisingly her own person.
Most mothers, and certainly few spouses of heads of government drive motorcycles as she loves to do, and will doubtless resume doing once her husband is no longer in public office at this particular echelon of national responsibility.
She has placed herself in the public eye, but not to expose herself to the kind of adulation that one in particular of her predecessors did; rather to use her public office as a vehicle to further public interest in arts and culture, and animal welfare.
From the glimpses that the public is exposed to of this woman and her concerns she exudes the aura of a well-reasoned and balanced individual imbued with a healthy sense of humour.
Her latest foray into the public eye was to visit a senior Kindergarten class in Ottawa, for the purpose of introducing children there to the safe and correct way to interact with animals they don't know, in a public space.
"I learned that, if I ever see a dog, I don't go close to it" said Andromeda Bromwich. "I stay away from a dog that doesn't have a grown up." A valuable life lesson learned.
This was one event that fit neatly into Laureen Harper's agenda to take part in Kindness Week. She sat among the children in the class, as a husky mix was introduced to the children by a handler. The six-year-old children at Le Phare Elementary School were excited and charmed both by the dog and the elegant lady who sat among them.
"Notice how she is putting out one hand", she said to the children, as one of the students assisted in a demonstration of how to pet the dog. "It's really important to approach an animal with one hand."
This is a woman who herself emanates kindness and concern with her calming presence. Complementary to that of her husband, a more sober, somewhat removed personality in whom Canadian voters have chosen to trust.
Most mothers, and certainly few spouses of heads of government drive motorcycles as she loves to do, and will doubtless resume doing once her husband is no longer in public office at this particular echelon of national responsibility.
She has placed herself in the public eye, but not to expose herself to the kind of adulation that one in particular of her predecessors did; rather to use her public office as a vehicle to further public interest in arts and culture, and animal welfare.
From the glimpses that the public is exposed to of this woman and her concerns she exudes the aura of a well-reasoned and balanced individual imbued with a healthy sense of humour.
Her latest foray into the public eye was to visit a senior Kindergarten class in Ottawa, for the purpose of introducing children there to the safe and correct way to interact with animals they don't know, in a public space.
"I learned that, if I ever see a dog, I don't go close to it" said Andromeda Bromwich. "I stay away from a dog that doesn't have a grown up." A valuable life lesson learned.
This was one event that fit neatly into Laureen Harper's agenda to take part in Kindness Week. She sat among the children in the class, as a husky mix was introduced to the children by a handler. The six-year-old children at Le Phare Elementary School were excited and charmed both by the dog and the elegant lady who sat among them.
"Notice how she is putting out one hand", she said to the children, as one of the students assisted in a demonstration of how to pet the dog. "It's really important to approach an animal with one hand."
This is a woman who herself emanates kindness and concern with her calming presence. Complementary to that of her husband, a more sober, somewhat removed personality in whom Canadian voters have chosen to trust.
Laureen Harper joins the Senior Kindergarten class at Le Phare Elementary School in Gloucester on Wednesday in a ‘Kindness Week’ presentation organized by the Beatrice Watson-Acheson Foundation. Photograph by: BRUNO SCHLUMBERGER , THE OTTAWA CITIZEN
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