Seems everyone is talking about whether or not Peter MacKay should/will leave Ottawa to take up the Nova Scotia Premier's job. It's a tough choice: a choice between a certain thing (Premier of NS) and a maybe thing (deputy PM of Canada and maybe someday PM). Big prize vs. little prize. He could always come back to Ottawa later if he does leave, but then he'll have to endure never-ending comparisions to Robert Stanfield, and that won't help.
I personally don't care. I've never been a Peter MacKay fan. One thing that does surprise me is the number of comments I've seen today about how MacKay is an important "moderate" voice in the federal party. Somehow, MacKay has become the de facto leader of the Red Tories. The irony of this is that MacKay is a social conservative. He is pro-life, anti-gay marriage and pro-death penalty. So how he earned this reputation as a leading "moderate" is puzzling. Probably two factors: he came from the PC side and not the Alliance side in the merger, and he's seen as a possible heir to Harper.
# posted by Adam Daifallah : 2:04 PM
