If they do accomplish something here, a significant amount of credit will be due to the partisan political system they now enthusiastically scorn. "Party politics," the former health minister concluded, "is a big part of the disconnect and the dysfunction." Until things went sideways this spring, both Wilson-Raybould and Philpott had done pretty well by the party system. The risks of running soloThe party system is imperfect — that's no revelation, though it never hurts to kick those concerns around again. Or they might, eventually, find their way back to a political party, where their political capital and personal abilities might still be put to best use.

Source: CBC News May 28, 2019 08:00 UTC