Now even I am starting to feel bad for the PM. First, Ben says our Prime Minister "doesn't have enough confidence in himself, sadly." Now Gomery says Harper has bailed on accountability:
John Gomery, in a wide-ranging interview marking the second anniversary of his final report, expressed dismay that the federal Conservatives have ignored his key recommendations for reform. "I have to tell you, I'm very disappointed," Mr. Gomery said from the farm in Havelock, Que., where he now lives in retirement. "I worked so hard, and I got other people to work hard, and we gave very serious thought to what we were recommending. I thought it deserved a debate." Instead, said the former judge, most of the political and bureaucratic changes he proposed fell into a "black hole" of indifference or were rejected out of hand.I'm worried. I'm worried that leadership has collapsed to the level that I can't think of a single leader of any party before Martin became PM who would not now smoke the present Government in an election yet there is no one who can step up and do that now.
I never thought I would miss Deb Grey so much. Or Eugene Whalen.

Comments
Renee - January 30, 2008 11:37 pm
I blame TV. The day they had to change the format of Sesame Street because kids couldn't follow it, I knew we were in trouble.
Hans - January 31, 2008 9:48 am
It may not be just leadership you are missing. Grey and Whelan weren't necessarily leader material but they had character and charisma. Back in the day, there were a lot of characters in politics and then some of those folks had vision and/or power lust and became leaders too. Grey, Whelan, Crosbie, Chretien, Trudeau, Mulroney. Even Clark, Nielsen, MacEachen, Flora, Copps had some zip. The bunch in parliament now, in all parties, are pretty faceless and aimless. Maybe they are all too comfortable punching the clock, playing to the polls and cashing their pay-cheques? It sure is dull....