Matt Fenwick can polish Andrew Coyne’s apple as much as he wants, but I’d give them both an “Incomplete” for their report card on the CPC policy platform.

Surely they know that political platforms must always be graded on the curve? Sad but true. It’s all very well for Coyne to give the Tories 3 “B+”s, 3 “B”s, 5 “C+”s, 6 “C”s, 2 “C-”s, 1 “D”, and 3 “F”s (average grade: C)… but how did the rest of the class do? I’d be particularly interested in the performance of the Plurality Canadian Voter. I’d bet on P. Voter getting a C-, at best. And that’s allowing him to write the supplemental exam, based on his near fail result in 2004.

And don’t get me started on the Liberals (D) and the NDP (F, expelled for drug use).

The Bloc enrolled in a different Major in the 90s. So far they’re taking only French courses. I don’t grade the French classes, myself, but it looks like they’re doing pretty well.