Star Columnists Opinion Susan Delacourt: John Turner was respectful and unfailingly polite at a time when male politicians could be patronizing, even crude, to women reporters

My first day at the Toronto Star, in 2003, I found a cream-coloured envelope waiting for me on my chair; a courtly, handwritten note from Mr. Turner (as we always called him), congratulating me and saying he expected much, writes Susan Delacourt.