Time for a rethink on leadership contests

My column this week on Loonie Politics looks at the collapse of the PC leadership contest in Newfoundland and Labrador, and the various other leadership contests underway in provincial parties across the country and posits that the chaos and bad choices that have resulted after months-long contests with millions of dollars spent, combined with the loss of accountability, means that perhaps the time has come to finally have the adult conversation about returning to a system of caucus selection with our party leaders.