Amid all the disappointments of this week’s election results, and they were perversely unifying results in the sense that they offered something disappointing for everyone, the saddest was that Jane Philpott lost her seat. The talk of wanting to see more strong, intelligent women in politics is cheapThere is no reason to cry for Jane Philpott. How will a country that booted out Jane Philpott and re-elected Justin Trudeau be able to claim that it didn’t tacitly give its OK to such behaviour? Markham-Stouffville got rid of Jane Philpott not because they doubted her abilities as a parliamentarian but because it seemed expedient for them to veer clear of a non-affiliated candidate. It’s too bad Jane Philpott seems like someone with too much grace to say I told you so.

Source: National Post October 23, 2019 15:29 UTC