To my recollection, exactly one Canadian political party has featured a candidate other than its leader in a recent ad campaign.
Guess which one, and in which province.
Then take the spin that the party's leader served as its lone face in that province with a heavy grain of salt.
I actually think it's the rest of Canada where Layton is the sole face of the party. In Quebec it's always been Layton and Mulcair.
ReplyDeleteBut then the media can't give Layton credit for being the face of the NDP's growth outside Quebec if that means acknowledging such growth has taken place to begin with. Such are the rules.
ReplyDelete(And as for Mulcair, I'm now wondering if there's a single federal politician in Canada outside of cabinet and past/current party leaders who's as prominent in his or her home province. Though of course his having been the NDP's main voice on every single issue in Quebec for four years didn't hurt that cause.)