From Saturday’s Globe:
“ … Taking stock of what Toronto stands to lose as a result of a Liberal defeat fails to inspire regret. That's because there's nothing there. In view of how very many Liberals we elected over the past three elections, the sheer bulk of nothing is remarkable. Thus the appetite for change.
Should we worry about Paul Martin's promised "New Deal for Cities" going down the drain? We might, had it ever actually appeared in the tub. But it never did. It would be worth defending if it were a record, rather than a much-repeated, always vague promise. But it isn't. Worrying about its survival begs the question: It was never born.
“ … The last thing I heard any local Liberal say about the waterfront, after the disaster of Mr. Martin's precampaign press conference there, is that Torontonians are ungrateful -- meaning presumably that we should better appreciate all the effort that goes into repeating previously unfulfilled promises.
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