NPR Correspondent: Margot Adler
NPR correspondent, Morning Edition & All Things Considered
Welcome to Mississauga
Comedy (Politics), Docs & Non-Fiction (Politics, Profiles)[6:32, from YouTube]
Welcome to Mississauga. This humorous video tells the story of Hazel McCallion, an elderly 88 year old lady with amazingly intense and young energy - and she just happens to be the mayor of Mississauga, Ontario, the sixth largest city in Canada. Rick Mercer is a CBC reporter who does this fairly comical report. Hurricane Hazel, as she is called, is the longest serving mayor in Canada (31 years), and has won every mayoral election since 1978. She doesn’t even campaign anymore. She has a 92% approval rating and her city has no debt. In this video, we see her playing hockey, bowling, and riding a stationary bike, with a reporter who can’t keep up with her. When asked what she hasn’t done, she says “star in a music video” and Mercer helps her create one. The moral: youth is as much a state of mind as a condition of one’s body.
