Saturday, February 28, 2009

Feigning powerlessness

Robert and pogge have both pointed out the dishonesty behind the effort of some Lib supporters to downplay Michael Ignatieff's move toward a Harper-lite message on the tar sands.

But I'd think there's something even more worrisome about the argument that it doesn't matter what any party has to say about the issue. Do the Libs involved actually believe in the underlying premise that Canada's federal government is utterly powerless to influence how our own resources are developed? And to the extent they do, how could they possibly justify staying interested in trying to replace one set of meaningless figureheads with another?

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