Only a week ago I was accusing our legacy media of ignoring Canada's only Black leader of a national political party. Seems I was a little ahead of myself.
Today she's on the front page of The Globe and Mail and all over the CBC.
A theme in her current rise to prominence is that her invisibility was the result of sexism and racism. That conveniently allows us to ignore issues of party politics and events surrounding the defection of Green MP Jenica Atwin.
Recall that Atwin ostensibly left the party because she felt it was too pro-Israel. By the time she crossed the floor she had repudiated her criticisms of Israel, the very issue that caused her to leave the Green caucus in the first place!
That's the kind of unprincipled malleability we value in politicians. I'm sure she'll feel very much at home in Justin's Liberal Party.
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