Colby Cosh quotes from the supposedly offensive passages in Blood and Belonging, Michael Ignatieff’s book from 1993.

It seems far too much of a coincidence that the day that Ignatieff supposedly receives a Liberal riding in which to run, that there is a significant Ukrainian population in the riding, and that his condescending attitude toward Ukrainians, which had not erupted before, suddenly shows up the same day. Daifallah may be right about a rough ride.

Is this the Martinista welcoming mat? From here, it’s starting to look a lot like a set up for the professor.

I have my copy of Blood and Belonging at work so I can’t verify, but I recall that Ignatieff didn’t have a great deal of flattering things to say about Quebec separatists either. How long before that one rushes out of the woodwork?

Cosh suggests that the PM will whip the riding into shape to accommodate Ignatieff: “wouldn’t he [Paul Martin] do so for the one man mentioned most often as a possible successor?” In public, he would. But Ignatieff better watch his six. Paul may well deal with potential successors in the same way that he dealt with his immediate predecessor.

Crossposted from Civitatensis.ca