Canadian Politics Today

Only, please don’t call this “more democratic.” Leave aside the likelihood of irregularities and warlordism in such a hastily-organized campaign. Ignore the violation of the core democratic principle of government with the consent of the governed. No, what is most galling about the travesty of democracy to come is its virulently undemocratic premise: that members of caucus are just a bunch of nobodies — or what is worse, “elites.”

Those would be the nobodies who won first the party nomination, then the general election in their ridings. Each was the democratic choice of tens of thousands of voters; collectively, of hundreds of thousands. True, their independence and authority as elected representatives has been allowed to atrophy, in favour of the party leader; and true, in today’s obsessively leader-focused campaigns, the individual candidate owes his or her seat more to the leader than to his own efforts.

The Globe opinion says that there's a war brewing any way so they may as well have a convention.

Despite her inexperience, I think Mulroney would be unbeatable.

Ford, on the other hand, would make sense if they liked being in opposition and want to stay there. Maybe he could get some help from Russian hackers to make it competitive though.

Centrist isn’t a position. It’s a “pox on both houses” that defines itself by rejecting everything else. We don’t need centrists. We need centrists in politics. We need people with principles who stand for something. I don’t even care if I’m personally opposed to what they stand for but centrism is the consequence of intellectual laziness. People need to take some responsibility for their stances and stop riding fences.

Centrist isn’t a position. It’s a “pox on both houses” that defines itself by rejecting everything else. We don’t need centrists. We need centrists in politics. We need people with principles who stand for something. I don’t even care if I’m personally opposed to what they stand for but centrism is the consequence of intellectual laziness. People need to take some responsibility for their stances and stop riding fences.