Iggy Eye's the West

“The big issue for me is I don't want to be a party of Vancouver, Montreal and Toronto, which is what this party is, because you can't be a good prime minister unless you represent all Canadians.”

“I think sometimes we tried to establish our environmental bona fides by running against the oil sands, and I just think: This is a national industry. It's pumping something like $8-billion into the federal treasury. So it's slightly bad faith to beat the goose that lays the golden egg over the head with a stick. The goose is a little messy. The goose needs to be cleaned up. The goose needs to make better use of the yard, but let's make this a sustainable industry that all Canadians can be proud of.”

"Frankly, I think it's condescending to westerners that being a so-called intellectual is some big liability. People out here are as devoted to the life of the mind, and the life of culture, as anybody else in the country. ”

- Federal Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff in today's Globe and Mail. Definitely promising, but as is always the case, let's keep an eye on the follow through.

(h/t @macleansmag)