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Finally, something interesting in Ottawa

I wonder what Richard Addis thinks of this Carolyn Parrish thing. The former editor-in-chief of The Globe and Mail thought Canadian politicians sure were boring when he came from Britian. In Chris Cobb's book, Ego and Ink: Inside the Story of Canada's National Newspaper War, Addis says:

"I met Paul Martin and Allan Rock formally in their officies, Stockwell Day, Brian Tobin, Preston Manning, and other minor figures. Apart from Chretien I found them all rather boring. They are much less articulate and confident than British politicans. They seem to have less need to be interesting and would bore you to death with details. British politicians meeting journalists always try to be witty, sharp, and pugnacious and get across some kind of character. Canadian politicians, other than Jean Chretian, reminded meof bureaucrats. I think Paul Martin may be the world's most boring man. Chretien may be wrong and infuriating, but he is a great character."

And it is my opinion that Parrish falls along the same line as Chretien. I don't think Martin was out of line when he fired her from caucus, he was dissed and he had to step up but at least the woman is interesting. Martin, on the other hand, makes me yawn no matter how many rock stars he claims to hang out with. For once people normally bored by politics are paying attention and that can't be completely bad. Not for politics or newspapers like The Globe.

(x-posted in RRJ)

Posted on November 19, 2004 in Politics | Permalink