jjwlisenchuk@rose.waterloo.edu (Jason Lisenchuk) (03/29/88)
It's interesting to put things in a nutshell: 4 years and $5m later, the Liberals are no more popular than they were in September 1984. I think that Trudeau has the power to destroy John Turner this Wednesday. He'll be addressing the Senate Committee on Meech Lake. Recall that in Caucus, Senators outnumber MP's 3:2. Caucus meets the same day to elect either Brian Tobin (MP) or Warren Allmand (Senator) as Chair. A revolt is feasible if Senators get the right cue from the Trudeau team. As someone remarked after the Supreme Court ruling on abortion, "Trudeau still governs this country." Horoscope for Turner on Wednesday: "Don't get out of bed." Horoscope for Trudeau: "Always shoot to kill; never to maim." Let's hope he empties the gun. It will be good theatre in either case; but a few corpses by Act II can't hurt (if you subscribe to the Shakespearean paradigm). Ideally, I'd like to see Trudeau as interim leader as the party organizes a convention for June. Brian Mulroney would never call a snap election with PET as leader. I think the party needs a leadership convention (and the run-up to it) in order to define policy. The motto for the Liberals should be COURAGE in these trying times. Just as Trudeau lead with courage, Turner should resign with courage and dignity. The window for doing so is rapidly closing. The above is the musing of a disenchanted Liberal and does not (necessarily) reflect the prevailing views of the Young Liberals of the University of Waterloo.