Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada
by eatonhamilton
“…we need poets to change the world.” -Justin Trudeau, PM
in a letter to Carolyn Marie Souaid following the Irving Layton Centenary reading, 2012
Irving Layton Centenary reading
Eaton Hamilton
the problem with being trans is cis people. The problem with being queer is straight people. The problem with being disabled is abled people. The problem with being Black is white people. In other words, prejudice.
Eaton Hamilton 
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If your car broke down on the freeway, would you call a poet?
Hurray! & I needed that today! Thanx! & congratulations!
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source is listed in the letter above.
It was a personal letter he wrote to me after my partner, Montreal poet Endre Farkas, and I invited him to participate in the Montreal edition of the Irving Layton Centenary Celebration in 2012. That evening he read a couple of Layton poems on stage, alongside some of our city’s finest poets. You can see the YouTube video here: http://youtu.be/kUis3MiLW4M
Carolyn Marie Souaid
in a letter to Carolyn Marie Souaid following the Irving Layton Centenary reading, 2012
Where and when did he say this? Such a great quote needs to be spread around, but I need a source.
It was the last line in a personal letter he wrote me thanking him for inviting him to participate in the Montreal edition of the Irving Layton Centenary celebration that I organized along with Montreal poet Endre Farkas in 2012. That evening he read a couple of Layton poems alongside some of Montreal’s finest poets. You can see his reading here on YouTube: http://youtu.be/kUis3MiLW4M
Carolyn Marie Souaid
read the above letter!