It has something for everyone — more than 286 action items — and leaves no lobbyist behind

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Thoughts on reading the Liberal election platform, which dropped Saturday. Dropped heavily, considering how jam-packed it is.

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Chrystia, we hardly knew ye. The platform is like a Chrystia Freeland budget — which is not praise. Maybe Mark Carney wanted to thank the former finance minister for single-handedly disposing of Justin Trudeau. It has four grand themes: Unite, Secure, Protect, and Build. These presumably tested well in focus groups as the four most beautiful words in current Canadian politics. Into these four categories are squeezed at least 286 action items (“at least” because several items have sub-items). If you favour micro-managing intrusion into every aspect of Canadian life, you should vote for the party of “no lobbyist left behind.”

It’s my party now. The word “Trudeau” appears not once in the platform. The words “Mark........

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