October 6, 2025

I expect to be disagreed with. That’s better than being a politician who decides to say nothing serious.

Kim Campbell, the first female prime minister of Canada, was right when she said a 47-day-long election campaign (Imagine a campaign of only 47 days!) was not enough time to reconsider the nation’s social programs. But she was wrong to say so.

No man is fit to govern great societies who hesitates about disobliging the few who have access to him