Dion gets journalism’s kiss of death, some condescending dismissiveness

Deemed too fragile for outright ridicule, the mousy professor is now being damned with faint praise from some media.

OTTAWA–After a long summer Stéphane Dion is now welcomed back to Parliament with journalism's kiss of death. I know of no party leader to recover from it. Audrey McLaughlin was the last victim.

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