The
resignation of Frank Coleman, as Premier Designate, has given the P.C Party another
chance for change though Tory insiders report the opportunity already squandered.
There is no
way to categorize the Tories’ current circumstance other than to characterize
it a mess. While it seemed improbable,
at first, that former Premier Kathy Dunderdale’s unsuitability could be
outstripped, the grocer version of the gong show has surely upped the ante.
We are asked
by Frank Coleman to take his word that the reason for quitting was due to a matter
“significant” and “challenging”. Yet, he
has no storehouse of credit with the public against which such a huge good-faith
demand might be charged.
The P.C.
Party is in disarray and he, personally, can claim a goodly part of the responsibility.
His acquiescence to Williams’ meddling, in the Leadership Campaign and his own
engagement in the Humber Valley Paving affair, leave a Province more cynical
about its politics and its patience tapped out.
