On equal attention

The CP releases an otherwise exhaustive article on the political implications of the impending Gomery report. But while all three other parties with seats in Parliament receive both multiple paragraphs within the article and a specific reference in the headline, any mention of the NDP is limited to this:

If it's scathing, the Tories and Bloc Quebecois could decide to topple the government in their first available opportunity later this month - although that would mean an election around the Christmas holidays. Those two parties probably have enough MPs to defeat the Liberals but the Tories are reluctant to fight that battle without help from the NDP.

Now, surely any thorough coverage should actually take the time to at least explain what considerations would influence the NDP's choice. Or perhaps to explain the NDP's middle ground between the Con/Bloc desire to force an election at all costs, and the Libs' desire to avoid one.

Instead, the writer chooses to utterly ignore the party. Which means that as much as the NDP has managed to win attention in the populace at large, it still has a ways to go in getting the media to recognize that fact.

Update: See the Globe and Mail's similar article as an example of how to actually cover everybody involved.