Several things caught my eye this morning in the Globe & Mail – among the highlights:<\/p>\n
1. Everyone is talking about Paul<\/strong> Martin<\/strong>‘s big “vision” speech <\/a>he gave yesterday. I may post a bit more on it later but my initial reaction is positive. Martin’s biggest problem is that he looks like a guy who has wanted to be Prime Minister his entire life…for the sake of being Prime Minister. He hasn’t shown any vision whatsoever and the only time his government ever performs well is when they’re in damage control. So it was extremely refreshing to see the beginnings of a coherent plan about where he wants to take the country. Was it a perfect speech? Of course not<\/a>. But it’s a big step in the right direction. And I was very pleased to see the talk of immigration – there’s no reason we shouldn’t have hit the 1% immigration target a long time ago. As for his immigration minister…<\/p>\n 2. It looks like Pierre Pettigrew<\/strong> isn’t the only Liberal taking full advantage of his expense account. Joe Volpe<\/strong> is in hot water for spending taxpayer dollars on expensive meals<\/a>. I don’t want to come out and say he’s using government dollars to woe people to his leadership campaign, but I wouldn’t argue with anyone else who jumped to that conclusion.<\/p>\n