Well that clinches it then. (roll eyes here)

Lapierre was being incrediably self-serving.  His views should be take with a block of salt, not a pinch.  And then there was the little issue of what he also said about the Liberals (which I took to be a bid for his resume pitch).  Which basically said the Liberals were dead in the water. 

He completely ignored what seems to be happening polls and those little by-elections held just recently.  Lapierre has shown an unerring record of self-interest and of getting it wrong time and time again.  His views are about as worthwhile as any old fart you come across in a group of old fart retired guys in your local coffee shop, probably less so.