Not that there's any surprise, but CanWest goes off the rails again. The National Post concludes that what Canada needs is a love letter to conservatism in general, framed around questions about Stephen Harper's leadership.
While a good chunk of the article is spent fawning over Harper or giving him tons of unopposed quote space, the more remarkable angle is that the article manages to include multiple dissenting voices against Harper without giving a word's worth of mention to non-Conservatives. Critical quotes come from Harper's recent biographer, a Conservative member saying that Harper hasn't mentioned policy enough, and another party member who notes that Harper managed to drive his wife and daughter out of the party. The undercurrent is that Harper's views are to be taken as correct; the only question posed is whether Harper can successfully impose those views on Canada.
But nowhere is there the slightest hint that there could be another alternative to the Liberals...nor even that the Liberals themselves are anything more than a placeholder waiting to be removed as soon as the chosen Con leads his party to victory.
Of course, if there's any party trying to fight against "stubborn polling numbers", it's the party which hasn't risen much in the polls despite having the country's most credible leader and a track record of accomplishing its goals in Parliament, not the one which has dropped in the polls because it's been embroiled in scandal while accomplishing nothing. Somehow I doubt the NDP will get the chance to make its case through the NP's featured story.
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