Making Elections Substantial

Published May 26, 2004

Former prime minister Kim Campbell's comment at the start of the 1993 election that election campaigns were no time to discuss serious policy issues sent a jolt of shock and horror through political journalists -- they being a delicate lot.

Elitist, cynical, uncaring were among the kinder comments hurled at her. Just one detail was overlooked in this analysis. This was that she was dead right. While...