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Marshall Auerback's avatar

So reading between the lines, it sounds like the frontrunner, Mark Carney, was not harmed by his appearance on the show. Poilievre didn't manage to change many minds and Singh remains somewhat irrelevant.

I guess the other thing I would say on the language issue and the unique qualities of Quebec is that there are (and likely will continue to be) an ample number of Quebecois MPs in the new Liberal Party led government. Surely, Mr. Carney is smart enough to be able to draw on that talented pool to help him to mitigate any deficiencies in his understanding of Quebec. Cultural and linguistic issues aside (and I agree they are important), the problems that Quebec is likely to face in the next few years are not that different from those likely to be experienced by other parts of Canada, indeed the rest of the world. At this point, the country can't afford the luxury of a superficial slick faux populist like Poilievre. It does need someone who is well versed in crisis management, especially one that constitutes an existential threat to all of Canada. I guarantee that Bill 21 would be a sideshow if Quebec were ever to become part of a 51st American state.

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Erwin Dreessen's avatar

Justin, not being a TLMEP watcher (or viewer of any television for that matter), I much appreciate this truly superb narrative about the appearances of PP and MC. Fine political insight too. Thank you!

Do change "playing" to "paying" in the 4th para. after the verbatim quote...

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