"White man". Wow.

The Globe and Mail would refuse even to publish the phrase had the word "yellow" been used in that phrase to describe a politician with ancestry from Japan or South Korea, on the grounds that it would be a racial slur to print such a phrase.

And the Globe and Mail would refuse even to publish the phrase had the word "red" been used in that phrase to describe a politician with ancestry as a native to North America, on the grounds that it would be a racial slur to print such a phrase.

Ah, column writers, but when it is a white man, the gloves are off and it is a free for all, use the phrase in pejorative fashion all you like, the Globe and Mail will not censor you...