Commentary
Yet another candidate has lurched into the federal Conservative Party leadership contest boasting about the winnability of his winning winnery. It is not clear whether Canadians’ appetite for such cliches, such as it was, has diminished. But since the Ukraine crisis seems to have opened an Overton window to more serious discussion, here’s a free speechwriting sample for Patrick Brown, Jean Charest, Pierre Poilievre, Leslyn Lewis, Roman Baber, or whoever next staggers onto the stage.