I exchanged emails this morning with Andrew Coyne, one of Canada’s great political analysts and writers, and a conservative-friendly columnist. He is best-known as a featured columnist at the National Post.
Most of us have enjoyed his writing for years and count him among our best.
I told him that his column this morning, called “The party that lost its way”, would make an excellent addition to our “Voting Guide” here at ProudToBeCanadian. I asked if he would be our guest and if we could post it here, and he obliged. It’s now in the Columnist section (and listed in our Voting Guide as well!).
Here’s a snippet:
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There is a Liberal party, and a Liberal leader, that could win this election. But today’s Liberal party is not that party, and Paul Martin is not that leader.
Or rather, this Paul Martin is not. There is another Paul Martin who could win: the Paul Martin who slew the deficit, the Paul Martin who came to office vowing to slay the democratic deficit as well. But this is not that Paul Martin.
There is a Liberal party that could play to traditional Liberal strengths. It could attack the separatists for the destructive force that they are. It could defend the federal prerogative against the parochial demands of the provinces, and denounce the Tories for their readiness to take in the premiers’ washing. It could insist on the primacy of the Charter, and the vital necessity of preserving a single-payer health care system. […]
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