John Robson: Don’t Be Shy to Push for Bold Ideas

Commentary
If you can tear yourself away from riveting play-by-play coverage of the Liberal leadership race, including its carbon tax contortions, here’s a suggestion for filling the resulting empty hours. Take a pencil and paper or, if you’re under about 40, open an app, and write down in short, pithy sentences what’s currently wrong with Canada and how to fix it. Then compare it with what the parties are saying and add that gap to the list.
“Empty hours,” you cry? My life is not filled with joy only because of political races. Well, aren’t you weird? Just maybe weird enough to have clear, coherent ideas about public affairs broadly speaking….