The New Year promises to be a painful one for Canadian Liberals. As Isaiah Berlin, the renowned political analyst put it, sometimes in politics there are only two choices — the unpleasant and the unacceptable. Arguably, this is the most unpleasant nightmare the Liberal party has faced in a century.
Yes, Paul Martin’s hapless government bequeathed two incompetent leaders and third place in the political basement. Yes, Pierre Trudeau rescued the party from a likely electoral debacle only by a last minute agreement to come out of retirement.
