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editorial
Don't count out a coalition just yet
Nobody knows what
will happen this fall
when Canadians go to the
polls to elect a new federal
government, but one thing is
certain: If the Conservatives
are reduced to minority sta-
tus, the possibility of a coali-
tion between the Liberals and
New Democrats will be
raised, but that possibility
might be, well, awkward.
Liberal Leader Justin
Trudeau said this week said
he wouldn't consider "a for-
mal arrangement" with the
NDP, but acknowledged the
likelihood of a coalition
would be stronger without
Tom Mulcair.
Trudeau said he has "no
problems with (Mulcair's)
personality" but said the
NDP leader's "style is
anchored in the old way of
practising politics:'
When asked, Mulcair said
he's open to a coalition
with the Liberals, but was
miffed with Trudeau's take
on a union.
"Whenever we have opened
that door, Justin Trudeau
Mark Blinch Reuters
Liberal leader Justin Trudeau (R) shakes hands with New Democrat
Party leader Thomas Mulcair before the gay pride parade in Toronto,
June 30, 2013.
slams it shut," said Mulcair.
"My first priority is to get rid of
Stephen Harper. The first pri-
ority of Justin Trudeau is Jus-
tin Trudeau."
There's little love lost
between these two men. Yet
under pressure of political
expediency, a coalition
between the Liberals and
NDP isn't a fantasy and might
happen if election results
unfold in a particular fashion.
The Conservatives certainly
don't have a lock on a new
majority government. And
politics makes strange
bedfellows.
What's striking about
Trudeau's comments is the
absolute confidence he has in
the ability of himself and his
party to win the upcoming
election. Why else would he
so publicly spurn even the
idea of a coalition?
Mulcair is under no illusion
about the NDP's future.
Despite being endowed with
all of the attributes usually
held by the best parliamentar-
ians, Mulcair isn't exactly
warm and fuzzy, and he and
his party haven't caught on
with the Canadian electorate,
at least not as well as the Lib-
erals have under Trudeau.
Unless lightning strikes, his
party's Opposition status is
likely to evaporate when vot-
ers go to the polls.
As for Harper and his
government, it's a good bet
they're heading back into
minority territory. That
makes one wonder what a
tempting political morsel
that new status might pre-
sent to Trudeau and Mul-
cair, who might also dis-
cover a sudden but mutual
friendliness the day after
the election.
Peter Epp/Postmedia Network
Journalism isn't dead
Laura Broadley
Clinton News Record
CareerCast recently released a
job ranking for 2014 and newspa-
per reporter eamed the second -
worst spot. The list used metrics
for work environment, stress level
and hiring outlook. That doesn't
make a newly employed reporter
feel optimistic about her future
job prospects.
The knot in my stomach
after reading CareerCast's
article was a feeling that I'm
used to by now. A friend was
once said to me, in a con-
cerned voice, "Laura, journal-
ism is dying. You need to look
at other career paths."
But for some reason I just
can't shake the idea that jour-
nalism is growing. I'm not
ignoring the fact that in Can-
ada, since 2012, the annual
average growth rate for jour-
nalism employment was nega-
tive 1.4 per cent. It's just evolv-
ing. Surgeons don't use the
same methods they used 50
years ago and neither do jour-
nalists. It has to get worse
before it gets better, right?
Newspapers maybe the tradi-
tional news source but the way
we collect and distribute our con-
tent is always expanding. So it's
not just writing and photography
anymore. There's social media,
interactive content, online video,
analytics, KPI, SEO and all the
new media buzzwords that we're
going to have to keep up with.
Another criteria CareerCast
considered was salary. Out of
my graduating class no one
listed a high income as a rea-
son for getting into the field. As
cliche as it sounds I really
believe in something one of my
journalism school instructors
said, "You don't choose jour-
nalism, it chooses you."
It is my firm belief that peo-
ple will never stop consuming
news. News happens now and
it will happen in the future so
I'm not going to start mourning
the loss of journalism because
news isn't dying.
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