Martin, Harper actually mean what they say

Published June 9, 2004

This election has just taken a most unexpected turn. It has turned into a real election. Most times, our elections are about either exchanging the "Outs" for "Ins," or about keeping the "Ins" in for one more term.

These days, this is true in almost all democracies. Rival parties are now little more than competing management teams who, once in power, must behave pretty much the same way for all the...