A kind of Groundhog Day syndrome has taken hold, with the recent droning cycle of a federal election and subsequent Liberal party dogfight.
We still are feeling the effects of campaign hangover from the Conservative win and have little interest in suffering through another political soap opera.
What's more, it doesn't help that the front runners are as exciting as waffles. Another run by part-time Canadian, full-time bore Michael Ignatieff means another round of numbing monotone speeches with a Herman Munster feel.
And he’s the preference.
What's more, it doesn't help that the front runners are as exciting as waffles. Another run by part-time Canadian, full-time bore Michael Ignatieff means another round of numbing monotone speeches with a Herman Munster feel.
And he’s the preference.
Michael Ignatieff and Bob Rae playing nice.
Former Ontario New Democrat premier Bob Rae is once again making the sprint. A couple of things come to mind here. First, given the history of NDP/Liberal politicians, tell me again what the difference is between the two parties? Second, unless everyone in Ontario suddenly gets amnesia (which, given that I’m talking about Ontarians, isn’t out of the realm of possibility), Rae’s track record of economic devastation that his leftwing policies created in the province still leaves a shadow.
Understandably, many Ontarians are still bitter over Rae’s tenure, and aren’t likely to find enough cause to check the box beside his name.
There will be others joining the race. Perhaps even a dark horse will again come up the middle to take the title just as the outgoing, hapless Stephane Dion did last time.
It doesn’t really matter. No one’s paying attention, and it isn’t going to get any more exciting.
Most party insiders are just going through the motions, hoping someone will really want to be at the helm of the sinking ship just long enough for the heir apparent Justin Trudeau to rise from his father’s ashes.
Trudeau, a fresh, first-time M.P, is the obvious face of the party for years to come and the inevitable choice as leader in the future.
Bereft of any new ideas or revolutionary policies, the Liberals will go back to their greatest success and invoke the memory of Pierre in the minds of voters. Sadly, for a lot of misguided Canadians, it will work.
The eventual cost of a Trudeau II Ottawa will be Canadian unity itself, but that’s a different topic.
The self-titled ‘natural governing party’ Liberals are financially destroyed. Debt has overtaken the books, a legacy started by their own past leader Jean Chretien and his reformation of election finance rules.
When he left, he screwed his party and his successors royally.
This fight for the leadership is going to take on a different tone. Along with fighting each other for the brass ring, the entire process will have to work hard just to grab the attention of a very tired and disinterested public.
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