At first I thought it was advice week for Opposition Leader Stephen Harper but it appears it is actually advice month. Hardcore Chretienite wrote a nice piece in the National Post today outlining three points of advice he has for OL Harper, who Mr. Kinsella refers to as an honest, decent man.
- Shake off the image that Conservatives don't like Canada. "Start talking, and looking, like you like the place. The the voters will let you run it."
- Fire the nervous nellies in the Conservative Party, "strap on a set of gonads and fight like your lives depended on it. And quit the kvetching in public."
- Stop talking scandal so much. "... Stephen Harper should promote the fact that his caucus - which is younger, and more ethinically diverse that the governming party;s - has come up with a platform that is moderate, centrist and packed with great ideas about how to make a great country even greater.
Of the three points 2 & 3 are the easiest to implement. As for part 1, the Conservatives are yet again in the position if disproving a negative. But Mr. Kinsella provides the clue to how to do this in the end of point three. Talk often of your love of the country and how Conservative policies are a reflection of this love and also of a desire to make this country even greater.
