MUFFLED GUNS OF THE OPPOSITION

Rex Murphy:  Kudos to Erin O’Toole for stilling the burgeoning menace of white supremacism before it squeaked into adult bloom. The purge (soon to be) of MP Derek Sloan from the Conservatives, over his being the recipient of a campaign donation of $131 from an unclean source, is a vivid and wholesome example of positive leadership.

A hundred and thirty-one dollars can fund a feast of mischief, especially when covertly introduced to a member of a national opposition party. As the timeless proverb has it, great subversive oaks from sly little acorns grow. Well done Mr. O’Toole, the cleansing is complete, and nothing now stands in the way of a Conservative sweep whenever a visibly impatient Justin Trudeau carelessly summons us all to the polls.

Now that the Sloan matter is done, perhaps Mr. O’Toole will turn to less pressing issues, like failed deliveries of COVID vaccinations, morbidly obese deficits and Hindenburg-blimp-sized national debt. And should there be time left over from these picayune drolleries, it might also be possible for him to be a tad more insistent on the disappearance of the House of Commons, the absence of question period, debates, overall accountability — that sort of, you know, governing stuff.