Andre Boisclair has taken a lot of heat for his criminal substance abuse while serving as a minister of the crown. While questions remain about the circumstances of his cocaine consumption - which biker gang was his dealer, for one - some critics are saying the young pretender to the Parti Quebecois throne is just as guilty of lacking substance in terms of policy.

He's been called a "cliche factory" by one veteran pundit, a "power junkie" by another sage of journalism. He's been hounding by a salivating media pack for days. Yet it is all like gentle water slipping off the proverbial duck.

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