Sucked in by the soap opera while democracy burns
So what’ll it be? Eve Adams and blond ambition? Heartbreak Justin’s dubious judgement? Or Mrs. Harper’s salsa?
The most arbitrary government Canada has ever had is transforming the country into a war-mongering, arms-selling police state while the nation debates recipes and political soap opera.
Consider the coverage of the Adams and Steve parting-of-the-ways. So far, the theme has been one of almost unanimous denunciation of Justin Trudeau for accepting into his party a woman whose political ambition is not apparently constrained by any particular principles. Adams now wears the Scarlett letter — in her case, the “A” is for actress.
The Cons lustily heckled their former colleague when she floor-crossed to become a Liberal. Perhaps she got what she deserved. But don’t confuse their outrage with principle. I can’t recall much heckling when David Emerson, fresh from winning his seat as a B.C. Liberal in the 2006 election, walked straight into the Conservative cabinet at Stephen Harper’s personal invitation. Remember how Harper denounced the practice of floor-crossing as the eighth deadly sin when Belinda Stronach bolted to Paul Martin?
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