One of the favorite whipping posts of my fellow right-wing nut job bloggers (I mean that with the utmost respect) is The Toronto Star. I was on the campus of Wilfrid Laurier University today which, like most campuses, is littered with free newspapers. While waiting for a meeting I read Chantal Hebert's article. I don't read enough of her stuff to say whether she is biased or not (please feel free to let me know) but when I have read her she usually makes a lot of sense (which in blog speak means I agree with her). Her column today is entitled Liberals blind to new realities.
*The Liberals, who avoided the closest of calls in the House last night, are their own worst enemies. The disunity and the lack of discipline of the caucus will make it hard for the Prime Minister to focus on the survival of his government and on securing a majority in the next election.
*Conservative leader Stephen
Harper is willing and ready to step into Martin's shoes and try to make this Parliament work despite its perilous fractures.
*The Bloc Québécois has a better grasp of the limits of its recent election victory in Quebec than the Liberals have of theirs across Canada.
*There are reasons why the NDP has become increasingly irrelevant over the past decade and they were very much in evidence this week.
Read the whole thing, it's pretty good.
