A serious country deals with big issues in its elections

But in the 2008 election, Canada's politicians unfortunately did not even try to do so. Elections, as Kim Campbell famously said, are no place to talk about issues. So it seems.

TORONTO—The just-completed election had its interesting moments and its surprises. What it did not have was much policy content.

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