The Liberal Party of Canada held its annual Christmas party amidst a political storm, leaving attendees in a state of detached observation rather than passionate reaction.
There’s a moment in which Tina Fey’s character, Liz Lemon, says, “What a week, huh?” to Alec Baldwin’s Jack Donaghy. This week, the Ottawa bubble was Liz Lemon – except that it was only Tuesday by the time the Liberal Party of Canada and assorted hangers-on gathered for their Christmas party the day after Chrystia Freeland drove a sleigh over the Prime Minister’s face.
The evening started with an awkward cocktail mingle, like a wedding where they ran out of budget or interest at one specific point in the planning. It was all scrawny red and gold balloon bouquets, cheap-looking banquet chairs and way too much space. The dress code was flummoxing too, running the gamut from “I just left the office” to “I just came from the Oscars.” Eventually, the 2,000-odd guests drifted into a hangar-sized room for dinner. Here, the holly jolly atmosphere conjured up by the Rogers Centre convention venue in the heart of downtown Ottawa was tragically, hilariously at odds with the moment. Oh, look, two big screens broadcasting a merrily crackling fireplace on each side of the snowflake-festooned stage, with Christmas tunes floating through the air. How cozy and festive! But anyway, do you think he lasts the week? The night? Is there enough snow up at Harrington Lake for him to go have a think? A little after 7 p.m., one woman remarked the bar had been closed down. Another woman lamented she had found that out the hard way. What was interesting is that this exchange didn’t carry the pent-up energy of, oh I don’t know, a government publicly disintegrating in real time. The women sounded like they wanted a drink, but not like they needed one. And that was the vibe of the evening: neither here nor there. Not devastated, but not jubilant either. Not panicked, but not in denial. Everyone was just kind of – there, waiting to see. Except for one person. One person was really there, and that person was M
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