Bob Hepburn
Liberals stuck in the last century

Despite all the boastful talk by its leaders about being a party of the future, the reality is that the Liberal party is in many ways badly out of step with modern political times.

Nowhere was this more openly displayed than during a nasty fight last Sunday over the closed-door leadership debate in Mississauga that Bob Rae, one of three declared candidates seeking to replace Stéphane Dion, boycotted because it was off-limits to the public.

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Bob Hepburn is an award-winning journalist who has worked as the Star’s bureau chief in Ottawa, Washington and the Middle East. He has reported from more than 30 countries for the Star and has also served as the Star’s editorial page editor, assistant managing editor, national editor and foreign editor.

His column appears every Thursday.

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