And if pigs could fly...

Jim Travers makes a good but extremely naive point in his latest column. Jim's expert analysis is that a public inquiry is unnecessary and we could save ourselves a lot of time and money if we got to the bottom of the Mulroney-Schreiber affair through a parliamentary inquiry.

Jim concedes that our parliamentarians would need to act responsibly in said inquiry and not for partisan gain. Therein lies the rub, Jim. I'd be more inclined to agree with you if the parliamentarians leading the charge had an ounce of dignity or class:



or perhaps more importantly, were interested in the truth rather than scripted political theater.

I suspect Jim Travers is less naive than I've made him out to be and knows full well that a parliamentary inquiry would be a partisan clusterf*ck. I also suspect Jimmy and the Toronto Star wouldn't be bothered by this at all, so long as its only a former conservative PM and the conservative party that's damaged or strung up in the process.