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Thomas Mulcair off to a good start — with great timing
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| Contributor | Monsieur |
| Last Edited | Monsieur Mar 26, 2012 04:42pm |
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| Category | Opinion |
| Author | Chantal Hébert |
| News Date | Monday, March 26, 2012 10:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | MONTREAL—There is a tide in the affairs of prime ministers and it suggests that Stephen Harper will eventually meet his opposition match.
It is too early to predict that Thomas Mulcair will fit that bill in three years but on this — the very first week of his tenure as NDP leader — he is starting off looking like the stronger challenger to emerge from the opposition ranks in half-a-dozen years.
For obvious reason, the NDP treats its unprecedented leading opposition role as an opportunity to prove itself and has set its sights on the leader it feels is most likely to make the most of it.
The new NDP leader’s aggressive style is also more suited for the current take-no-prisoners era on Parliament Hill than the gentler approach of his beleaguered Liberal predecessors.
Whatever may come his way, no one is likely to caricature Mulcair as a deer caught in headlights. That’s probably good news for the NDP as voters do not as a rule support parties out of pity for their leaders. |
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