Tim Horton's: where the real people meet

This is a follow-up to the last post about the rise of a Tea Party movement -- or a milder version of it -- in Canada.

Susan Delacourt has written a sequel to her piece in the Toronto Star, to which I referred in Saturday's post. Here's an excerpt:

The real power of Tim Hortons for politicians, it seems, is its link to the rise of populism as a political force and the “common wisdom of the common people.” Tim Hortons voters aren’t as riled as the U.S. Tea Party movement — it doesn’t seem likely that you’ll see them staging big, anti-government rallies anytime in the near future. But it seems clear that it’s political peril for Canadian politicians to either ignore the Tims voters or worse, speak down to them.

I commend both articles to all my Canadian friends. And to any politicians -- Canadian, American or otherwise -- I say, speaking as one of the common people, don't say you weren't warned. Listen up!