Absent a well-organized and electable right-of-center opposition, Canadians relied to a certain extent on the media to formulate and disseminate a conservative voice. That voice was, until a few years ago, personified by the National Post and its owner Lord Black. Many therefore lamented that Black sold the paper following a very well publicized rift with Canada’s Prime-Minister and Black abandoning his Canadian citizenship to take up a seat in the House of Lords. I have linked before to Black’s articulate farewell-to-Canada speech; it is mandatory reading for anyone who wants to get a better understanding of where things have gone off-track for Canada. Judging from their gloating following his recent tribulations, the Globe and Mail has splashed the affair on its front pages for a few days now; Black has remained a scourge for the left in this country. Colby Cosh has a very good analysis of why things may not be as bad as they seem for Black, but his followers are concerned over his ability to retain business and thus editorial control over his other conservative papers. If Colby is right that may be false alarm, but it again highlights that those in a position of having considerable media influence should tread carefully in their business dealings and personal affairs (Limbaugh, Bennett). Although it may be a pyrrhic victory, the left in Canada is having, shortly after the Martin coronation, a blast this week no doubt convincing many on both sides of the political equation, “see, you can’t trust ‘em, those capitalists!”