QPB: Before we jump into politics, I just wanted to get a better notion of your background and moved you towards wanting to get involved at Queen’s Park.
RC: Well, I mean, I guess the story starts on a bright, blue-sky day in September, thirty-seven years ago. Laughs. I was raised by my mom, a single mother, and we grew up in a one-bedroom apartment. We didn’t have a lot, but we had enough, and honestly, I had a great childhood. I was always smiling, always curious. But I also knew we didn’t have money for most of the extras other kids had.
Like, I never got to play organized sports, hockey, soccer, anything, because we simply couldn’t afford it. I’d play whatever I could at school, but that was it. It’s something I talk about a lot because it shaped me. What made all the difference for me was that I went to a really great public school, and then a really great high school. Those schools opened doors that my family’s finances never could.