Commentary
Time is corrosive—it wears away everything: coastlines change, mountains erode, whole continents drift, stars go nova. Anything human is particularly temporary. Our bodies age, our socks get holes, our computers become obsolete, customs change. Things we used to do, we don’t do any more. What man wears Brylcreem in his hair nowadays? What child tends to her Tamagotchi or Chia Pet?
Political movements and parties are no different. Where are the devotees of Social Credit, the United Farmers of Alberta, the Ralliement créditiste, the Western Labour Party, or the Progressive Democratic Alliance? Long gone, like the British Columbia Social Constructive Party, the United Newfoundland Party, and the federal Progressive Conservatives….