text: Neither you nor the G&M can speak for the Canadian public.  That's what elections are for.  Polls suggest that many Canadians do trust the government, but polls have no official status.  However, if the G&M has, in fact, lost trust in the government, then they should have the courage to say so in print, rather than simply continually sniping.  At least if they came out and said that, their readers would know where they are coming from, and could judge what they write accordingly.