Here is why parties should not stay in power too long...

They think that a mail-out a smear campaign should be paid for by tax-payers.

The whole point of tax-payer funded mail-outs is to allow MPs to communicate with their constituents about important matters, and smearing a new opposition leader  for his youth or apparent lack of experience, doesn't seem to be to be one of them.

It is interesting that the main point of attack seems to be that he is a teacher. Mislabelled as a drama teacher- though he mostly taught math and french and it is doubtful there was a family more steeped in politics than Trudeau's from both his father and mother's side.

Anyway would it be so bad to have a PM who was a teacher?

I thought I would look at the professions of our previous PM's from Sir John A. MacDonald onwards:

Lawyer
Contractor and Editor
Lawyer
Lawyer and Educator
Lawyer
Editor
Doctor
Lawyer
Lawyer
Lawyer
Lawyer
Lawyer and Editor and Civil Servant
Lawyer
Lawyer and Educator
Lawyer
Lawyer
Diplomat and Professor
Lawyer and Professor
Lawyer
Lawyer and Corporate Executive
Lawyer
Lawyer
Businessman and Lawyer
Economist and Lecturer

Seems like one profession may be a bit over-represented and others need to get a foothold.


PS- away for the week-end, though I will put up the numbers this evening.  We will be back to RE next week.