OTTAWA is a sick city

Mulroney's sick city

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Don Martin
Calgary Herald
Monday, September 19, 2005


An insightful Newfoundlander recently described Parliament Hill as 20 blocks of confusion surrounded by reality.

Brian Mulroney has a different take on the national capital: the former prime minister sees it as a cesspool of incestuous backscratching, where unworthy egos superinflate, loyalties expire as soon as the desired favour is done, insider in-breeding is rampant and the media frenzy-feed on any sign of weakness in political leadership.

They're both right.

Click here
to read Don Martin's excellent column on why Ottawa is a sick city.

michael mccafferty comments:

I first went to Ottawa for a youth political convention way back in 1966 - 39 years ago. I found Ottawa to be an amazing and fascinating capital city for Canada. From 1974 till 1979 I worked in Ottawa - first a stint at Progressive Conservative Party headquarters as their national youth director and then as a Special Assistant to former Prime Minister John Diefenbaker at his office on Parliament Hill. That is when I began to realize Ottawa is not a normal city.

The outstanding and eminent Canadian political journalist Don Martin of the Calgary Herald
has penned an excellent column on why Brian Mulroney is right -- OTTAWA is a sick city.