Just a quick comment on the huffing and puffing about using the host's helicopter: well, at least the Canadian tax-payer didn't have to pay for the ride. Now, on to more important things...

A few commenters here  pose this question: hey!  What about the IMPORTANT topics we need to read about in this country? (FN got a mention, Ontario's energy policy was another, and one writer just pleaded for ANY policy story rather than a "vacation" story.)

I'll add my own alternative policy story: INFRASTRUCTURE.  It was one of several reasons I voted Liberal last time.  I've been waiting.  And waiting.  G&M Dec. 12: "...the economy continues to limp along and there is a growing case for further fiscal stimulus in 2017 ...": Jan 10th: "The Trudeau government may fall short of spending all the money it planned to devote to infrastructure in the first year of its mandate..."  

So much for 2016.  2017, maybe?  But forget about when.  Spending on WHAT?  WHAT's the program?  WHERE?