Comments on: More fundamental than the climate http://fruitsandvotes.com/?p=1218 The Weblog of Matthew S. Shugart Tue, 21 May 2013 03:24:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2 By: Maxime Rainville http://fruitsandvotes.com/?p=1218#comment-157101 Maxime Rainville Wed, 25 Apr 2007 01:09:43 +0000 http://fruitsandvotes.com/?p=1218#comment-157101 One fun thing to note about Elizabeth May, is that she was an adviser to Brian Mulroney’s environment minister. A few mounts ago, she was a judge on an environmental panel that declared Brian Mulroney to be the "greenest" prime minister of all Canadian prime ministers. It does suggest that she’s more pragmatic than the average "romantic with a cause". It also shows a level of sophistication and strategy that’s usually absent from marginal parties. If she is able to get her party to walk that line, she might be able to move things around a little bit in Ottawa. Of course the Green party’s base might not fully appreciate the potential benefits of that strategy. One fun thing to note about Elizabeth May, is that she was an adviser to Brian Mulroney’s environment minister. A few mounts ago, she was a judge on an environmental panel that declared Brian Mulroney to be the “greenest” prime minister of all Canadian prime ministers.

It does suggest that she’s more pragmatic than the average “romantic with a cause”. It also shows a level of sophistication and strategy that’s usually absent from marginal parties. If she is able to get her party to walk that line, she might be able to move things around a little bit in Ottawa. Of course the Green party’s base might not fully appreciate the potential benefits of that strategy.

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