her contributions to canadian politics may turn out to be the things of political legend. but, the green party will be lucky to win 6 seats in this election. even if they win less than that, the ndp's dramatic swing to the right positions them to very strongly take over the political conscience of the nation - and they may even benefit from significant floor crossing under a decidedly center-right mulcair majority. she seems to be in good health, and life expectancy amongst canadian women of northern european descent is much older than 65. but, notwithstanding harper's recent changes to the retirement age, she'll be quickly approaching it by the next election. the green party is very strongly positioned for a breakthrough in the *next* election, and it may consequently be in it's interests to begin the process of transition immediately after the election.

i'm reminded of david lewis telling tommy douglas he should step aside for a younger leader.

www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-election-leaders-debate-may-1.3182459

mulcair is demonstrating himself as the archetypal canadian. he's dead center on every issue; he's the guy the liberals have been looking for since 2000. i don't know how many people actually watched this, but...

....trudeau just got sliced up and put on display under the counter. i was talking about him pushing 50% under the right conditions. those conditions are beginning to assert themselves.

the greens will get a mild bump. it might not last long, but it might come back after the election. elizabeth may is smart and capable, but i think they need to look at getting a younger leader in place before the next election - which they may be more competitive in.

and, harper lives on a different planet.

www.cbc.ca/news/politics/macleans-debate-leaders-2015-1.3182000

does anybody know if this is streaming anywhere, for people that don't have access to television? because it's 2015...

www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-election-2015-harper-real-target-in-this-first-leaders-debate-1.3180842

i think it's here:
http://www.macleans.ca/politics/ottawa/watch-macleans-national-leaders-debate-from-our-hub-2/