Well, John Ibbitson *did* coauthor 'The Big Shift' with Darrell Bricker just four years ago, a book premised on the hypothesis that Canadian federal politics of the 21st century would belong mostly to the Conservatives, much as the 20th belonged mostly to the Liberals.

That noted... geez, what a dopey column from a reasonably smart columnist. There must be better ways to promote remaindered books.