Comparative politics

An observation from CBC's political reporter David Cochrane, in conversation with Yvonne Jones and Lorraine Michael during the June 10th edition of Crosstalk:

When I talk to women my age, in their 30s, and talk about politics, and I think the thing that turns them off more than anything is the tone of it sometimes, and, you know, it's not quite as bad here at the provincial level, but you look at the federal scene right now, it just has sort of nasty and vitriolic things are in the House of Commons [sic]