Creak and Groan - Allan Blakeney Dies

Back in the days, when I was a young, hot to trot socialist, I used to vote for this guy. John Gormley describes him as one of the Holy Trinity of the NDP, Tommy Douglas and Roy Romanow being the other two. Now he's gone.

I was just thinking this morning about the passage of time and an Egyptian proverb that sums it all up:

"Man fears time, but time fears the pyramids."

Blakeney will not leave anything as timeless as the pyramids. I remember him most for nationalizing the potash industry and making potential investors leery of investing in Saskatchewan, a millstone around our necks that has only recently been removed.

More on his career here.