Sybilla Oritur

I listen to CJAD during my morning commute five days a week. They have been airing interviews with MPs about the current, uh, constitutional crisis or whatever you want to call it depending on where you stand.

To be fair, I vote NDP, so it is sort-of a given that i am happy about the attempt at a coalition. I don’t think i know enough to have thoughts on the Bloc involvement.

This morning the Hon. Justin Trudeau spoke with Andrew Carter. He speaks too quickly. He gets overly excited. He CARES. I LOVE listening to him talk and even though i know that his apparent lack of control would be a hindrance to leading the country, i am so happy there is an implicated politician with actual charisma in the House of Commons.

So, i emailed CJAD suggesting they try to get the Hon. Irwin Cotler to speak over the next few days. His track-record as Justice Minister is beyond reproach. I can only say good things about his public speaking at the Darfour Conference i attended last November. And, there are so few politicians who both work hard AND stand up for what they believe (i am thinking of his response to the UN’s genocide council when he walked out over their insistence that Canada had voted for something when he had not and their refusing to change the records).

I was listening to CJAD mostly because my Dad likes talk radio in the morning and he is driving. I have been slowly coming around. Now i am almost what you would call a fan.

We live in interesting times…

And, because my friends are oftentimes brilliant - as Zach said yesterday: “MISTER Harper appears to think we have a presidential system in Canada; Perhaps he would like to run against Mr. Obama in 2012?”