Lost leaders
The right-wing opposition is a mess
IF CANADA's ruling Liberals are once again living up to their nickname of “perpetual governing party”, that has less to do with the qualities of Jean Chrétien's government than with the shambolic state of the right-wing opposition. Last year the opposition seemed to be on the up, when Reform, a party strong in western Canada, linked up with some members of the Progressive Conservative Party to form a new party, the Canadian Alliance, under a new leader, Stockwell Day. But that was when the problems began.
This article appeared in the The Americas section of the print edition under the headline “Lost leaders”
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