![]() ![]() Trudeau might win the leadership in a walk. But as Martin says, the Liberals are still the Liberals - when they promise change, no one believes them. And you’d have to think Trudeau would be better at that them than someone like Mulcair. Certainly there are millions of cynical non-voters out there waiting to be turned on. “It’s an appeal that cuts across party lines, regional lines and age barriers,” Martin writes. Martin and Gwyn agree that a Liberal path to victory probably runs through a “vision thing” competition with the Conservatives - “the new democracy,” Martin suggests - and by extension the New Democrats, who will be selling a similar brand of snake oil. In a very good column in the Globe, Lawrence Martin identifies a problem Trudeau will certainly face: “The old Liberal gatekeepers are going to get their paws on him and press him … into becoming a conventional politician” - just like they did with Michael Ignatieff, although obviously there was considerably less charisma there to neutralize. Sir, you have made us feel icky for no good reason! So it doesn’t seem to be a “handicap” at all. What’s really weird, though, is that while Gwyn says Trudeu’s looks (and pedigree) have led to “dismissiveness” towards his candidacy, he later insists that being “underestimated” is one of Trudeau’s biggest advantages. Kennedy for instance, his looks are gentle.” To which we say: “Ugh,” “gah,” and “blech,” in that order. Worse than a handsome, manly face, like that of John F. “He’s a victim of ‘face-ism.’ He has, that is to say, a face that is too pretty. “Justin Trudeau labours under a major political handicap,” Richard Gwyn begins, unpromisingly it must be said, in the Star. Pretty man’s burden The Star‘s Chantal Hébert notes an interesting conundrum facing the next federal Liberal leader, namely, how “to take shots at Mulcair in the rest of the country without shooting their party or federalism in the foot in Quebec,” where the New Democrats are seen by Liberals as “a natural ally who is keeping the Bloc Québécois at bay and consolidating Quebec’s federalist ranks in the process.” That’s a tricky one, all right. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. ” As they apparently hadn’t read it - Liberals signing international agreements and not living up to them? Shocking! - and as the Conservatives certainly don’t support it, then perhaps we should be having a discussion about deratifying it. It seems that Jean Chrétien’s Liberals ratified the UN child soldier protocol by mistake - despite the fact, as Sheema Khan observes in The Globe and Mail, that “in 2000, Canada was at the forefront of multilateral efforts to safeguard the interests of children during wartime” and “was among the first countries to ratify. “There is no point in further arguing whether he was a child soldier - the innocent victim of a brainwashed upbringing by his al-Qaeda-linked family - or a committed jihadist by his own choice.” Managing the inevitable “Whether is granted parole or not, the reality is that eventually he will leave prison,” the Calgary Herald ‘s editorialists reasonably argue, “and it is imperative that he be rehabilitated before then” - so let’s get on with it, they say. Manage Print Subscription / Tax Receipt.Fast-moving, involving, and entertaining, the tale sweeps you deep into its current and carries you swiftly along. A complex world with two contrasting societies is created as a detailed, evocative construct. (Going into detail on this plot is to give too much away.) Great voice work, stunning visuals, and a witty, full script make this entertaining for all ages. In terms of similarly themed movies I have great affection for, this one evokes FernGully: The Last Rainforest. Lately there have been a number of these films but few work as well as this one. The film works so well because of a dozen small touches, a wide variety of interesting characters, and any numbers of bits of business. In a near medieval setting, two armies are arrayed against each other. In the forest is an ongoing war between good and evil, between growth and decay. She discovers both that her father is not mad and that there is a magnificent forest world. Except he’s actually on to something, which becomes more than apparent when MK (as she calls herself) is shrunk down to the size of the forest creatures. ![]() Claiming there are elaborate, fantastic, hidden kingdoms deep in the forest that he has been pursuing for years, he comes across as a bit daft. An imaginative 3-D animated fantasy begins with Mary Katherine (Seyfried), a young teenager, arriving to visit her eccentric, almost-mad scientist father (Sudeikis) in his house in the woods. ![]()
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