Andrew Coyne then and now
Patience…
Andrew Coyne after the 2006 By-election [Liberal victory]:
Thanks of a grateful nation : The results are in from London North Centre, and the Tories finished … third. Behind the Greens. With a two-term mayor of London as candidate. She got 23% of the vote.
Meanwhile, in The Nation Within, voters in Repentigny have rewarded the Conservatives for their historic gesture of reconciliation and respect with … 18.7% of the vote. Mind you, that’s up from 18.1% in the general election.
Andrew Coyne after the 2007 By-election [Tory Victory]
As for the Tories, yes, they have some reason to crow…What does that mean, concretely? The Conservatives will shortly try to consolidate their gains in Quebec with further sops to nationalist opinion: the Throne Speech will reportedly promise to legislate formal restrictions on the federal spending power.
