John Dorion's letter to the StarPhoenix, " Appointment best serves northerners" Thursday, January 31, 2008 is a poorly calculated risk to align himself with Ralph Goodale and those who believe they hold the reigns of Power in the Liberal Party. As much as Ms. Beatty's achievements are to be praised, Mr. Dorion's acheivements can be lauded as well. But what more and more Canadian people are looking for in their representatives is consistency.
We are sick of strategists. We feel we are being used as fodder in their meaningless political wars. We are tired of 'jumpers' and 'drop-in's'. The Liberals should have learned a lesson when Ignatieff was dropped into Lakeshore/Etobikoke South. Such was another monkey on the back of a Martin government that was falling apart from all directions. You never learn.
They had better take seriously the local backlash. Goodale and Dion and Dorion have miscalculated the "tempest in a tea pot" that is being read on everyone's computer from coast to coast to coast. To yourself this may only have originally have been an out-of-the-way affair. It's not the size that matters here, it's the principal, democracy. It's not surprising that you are nervous weighing your inconsistent values.
We all know David Orchard. Canadians all across the country have known him for years because, above all, he has been consistent. Whether consevative or liberal, he more than most represents what Canadians dream of being as a country. He is the type of person who has proved to have made a difference.
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