Rob Russo

I have no doubt that Jean Chrétien solicited Bill Clinton's help ahead of the 1995 referendum.

And when Warren Christopher was asked the day or two before the referendum in 1995 whether or not Quebec could automatically exceed the North American Free Trade Agreement, he made it clear that that would not be the case, that they would have to negotiate their way in.

And implicit in all of that was all of this protection for the French language would be under threat and all.

So, like, this is par for the course.

Sometimes we like it and sometimes we don't.

We certainly don't like it in this instance.

My invitation has been lost in the mail the last couple of years, believe it or not.

Sure, and I guess we're all old.

I should stop dying my hair gray.

At least you have it to die.

Yeah.

Listen, Ian Todd was brought in to prepare with a lot of other people, prepare Pierre Poilievre to become prime minister.

That's clearly not going to happen unless something completely unforeseen occurs for some time.

And so new skills are required, different skills.

Perhaps he didn't want to spend the next three or four years trying

doing that job because it will be three or four years before Pierre Poiliev.

It might get another shot at becoming prime minister.

We don't know whether or not he's going to get to the end of the line, but clearly Mr. Poiliev has signaled that it's his intention to stay as leader of the opposition.

And for that, other people are required with other skill sets.

And Steve Adhouse comes in to do it.