Iggy's Relaunch

Michael Ignatieff relaunched his floundering campaign last night by unveiling his Agenda for Nation Building: Liberal Leadership for the 21st Century. More policy documents are expected in the run up to the convention. This is an attempt to shore up Iggy's policy credentials and remove the focus from his recent gaffes.

Of course, sucking up to soft nationalists in Quebec by saying Quebec should be called a "nation" won't help on that front. He says he won't offer new powers to Quebec but thinks cheap semantic tricks like this should resolve that pesky separatist problem.

Ignatieff remains steadfast in his support for Canada's role in Afghanistan. At least he's not being spooked by the Great Appeaser with a Mustache, Jack Layton, who wants to sing Kumbaya with the Taliban. While Layton has always been despicable, he's now clearly a coward too.

Speaking of New Democrats, Bob Rae wants to raise taxes and hire more bureaucrats! OK, maybe not. He actually said something about healthcare.

The Globe and Mail continues their profiles of the candidates. Today Roy MacGregor takes a look at Scott Brison. While written like an overwrought "after school special" it does highlight the positive fact that an openly gay MP from rural Nova Scotia is a credible candidate to lead the Liberal Party.