Bumpy ride

What a fitful start Michael Ignatieff's cross-Canada tour has made, with the tour bus breaking down 100 km outside Ottawa.

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With travel plans on hold, the Liberal leader was quoted dismissing the symbolism of this unexpected delay: "Sometimes a bump in the road is just a bump in the road. It's not a metaphor for anything." Hey! try telling that to Joe Clark, after his leadership image got skewed by tales of airline luggage lost in transit. Sincerely, Orest Slepokura Strathmore, Alta

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