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Why Ignatieff should start imitating Trudeau
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| Contributor | Monsieur |
| Last Edited | Monsieur Sep 24, 2009 10:08am |
| Category | Opinion |
| News Date | Sep 24, 2009 10:00am |
| Description | When Michael Ignatieff returned to Canada and made his first bid for the Liberal party leadership in 2006, his supporters often compared him to Pierre Trudeau.
But the comparison angered many Liberals who revered Trudeau and his legacy.
Ignatieff sensed this unrest, and in a speech just a few days before he entered the Liberal leadership race, which was later won by Stéphane Dion, he went to great pains to discourage comparisons of himself to Trudeau.
"There was one Pierre Trudeau, there's not going to be another," he told University of Ottawa students. "I'm not in his shoes, I'm not trying to imitate him."
Given how poorly Ignatieff is now faring as Liberal leader, he should seriously reconsider those words.
By imitating Trudeau, Ignatieff could recast himself as a leader with a bold vision for Canada, a man who offered voters a stark alternative to Harper, rather than the uninspiring leader whose main policy positions seem merely to mirror those of the Conservatives. |
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