the government is making a mistake in being meek about this aga khan non-issue. i know they're hoping it blows over, but that's old media thinking; what they're doing by not challenging it is making it seem more substantial than it is. people tend to interpret a humble argument as a sign that a more powerful argument doesn't exist.

democrats make this mistake all of the time, because their voting base is so much more conservative. liberals in canada, however, have not tended to make this mistake. one expects a more throaty argument from a liberal prime minister than this.

what they should do is change the law around private travel to include an exception for situations where the destination cannot be reached in any other manner, then throw it back at the conservatives when they vote against it, as it will make them seem unreasonable.

when you give the tory media in canada an inch, they take a mile. it's going to be framed terribly. and, due to the way that the government has mismanaged it, it actually might do them some serious damage, after all.

i'm curious as to who sophie brought to the island in march, though. the justin/sophie story is kind of unusual, to say the least. i've kind of suspected it as a political marriage for a while, now. his father's marriage was pretty arranged as well; it's going to be interesting to see if justin ages to look like his father, at all.

jagmeet singh must cut his beard