With the Liberals in the midst of a leadership race, it appears that it won’t so much be Bill Graham who is Stephen Harper’s biggest foe. Rather, Dalton McGuinty seems to have taken on the role of opposition leader to Stephen Harper. It makes sense; with Ralph Klein neutered and Jean Charest being courted, an Ontario-Ottawa confrontation was almost inevitable.

While McGuinty has been critical of the PM, Stephen Harper made it personal yesterday by introducing John Tory as “the next Premier of Ontario“. At the same time, Dalton must be growing a little bit jealous of Jean Charest who appears to get weekly dates with Harper, photo ops, a voice in foreign affairs, you name it.

It’s hard to say where this feud will end, but with Harper musing about redefining confederation, the next year should make for very interesting political theater.

In Other News…

Stephen Harper has “flip-flopped” on the release of the Prime Ministerial agenda. If there is anyone out there who:

a) understands this issue
b) knows why we should care about it

I’d love to hear from you in the comments section.