Offshore, Offside

The Liberals have one consistent strategy to fall back on when all else fails against the Tories: patronize the East, demonize the West.

That's exactly what tacking the Newfoundland-Nova Scotia offshore revenue deal and the Kyoto carbon tax on to the budget will let them do.

Patronize the East with promises of riches, and demonize the West for denying them.

And here comes Geoff Regan to deliver the message.