I point out this article more as a tip of the hat to the power of Google than the idea in the column - although I did enjoy. I use Google alerts to tip me off on political stories. This evening Google sent me an article from the Business Edge. Yeah, I had never heard of either. Gotta love targeted news.
...Paul
Martin won't be able to use health care as an issue in the next election, having played the part of medicare's saviour last time around. He and some of his advisers will undoubtedly see an enormous opportunity in rising energy prices.
By posing as the consumer's protector, he could split the Tories, pit Ontario and Quebec against Alberta, and cruise back to 24 Sussex with the majority he needs to assure himself a place in the history books.
It will be enormously tempting. If he succumbs, he will be guilty of playing cheap and cynical politics and will put the unity of the country at risk.
If he resists, well, perhaps the man has more wisdom and courage than he's demonstrated to date.
