And Harper came to Ford Nation for a rally in Etobicoke only as a refugee, once things had gotten really desperate. And on Saturday at the Manning Conference in Ottawa, Ontario Premier Doug Ford was received as a conquering hero. “Not illegal” is the best we have learned to expect from Canadian politicians. Whenever Canadian politicians misbehave, the utterly maddening instinct is to insist on rules that would prevent future misbehaviour. It remains to be seen whether federal Conservative leader Andrew Scheer can sell himself, and his party’s Ford-ified brand, as something more along those lines.

Source: National Post March 24, 2019 22:30 UTC