Bob Rae on “talking down the business”

The departing Liberal MP reflects on the state of our politics

<p>Liberal leader Bob Rae rises during question period in the House of Commons Thursday December 6, 2012 in Ottawa. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld</p>

Liberal leader Bob Rae rises during question period in the House of Commons Thursday December 6, 2012 in Ottawa. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

The Liberal MP’s exit interview with Steve Paikin. At about the 17:20 mark, the discussion turns to the state of Parliament and then to the general state of Canadian politics.

Here again is my chat with him a year and a half ago. And of what I’ve written through the first six months of 2013, this, this, this, thisthis and this probably count as attempts to take stock of whatever it is that’s going on here.