The oped is a bit hyperbolic, but it gets the facts and the risks right:
Mr. Trudeau’s initial moves were encouraging. He organized a common front with the premiers and met with Mr. Trump in person at Mar-a-Lago.
But then, as he so often does, the Prime Minister lost his focus. … When Ms. Freeland retaliated by resigning and releasing that excoriating letter, Mr. Trudeau reacted by disappearing on a three-week vacation. Pondering his own future was clearly far more important to him than the one thing that truly mattered: the tariff threat.
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Two polls this week showed no change in the Liberals’ deep unpopularity. The Conservatives are almost certain to form a large majority government after the election. By late May, we should finally have in place a prime minister and a cabinet with a mandate to speak for Canada. Heaven only knows what state the economy and Canada-U.S. relations will be in by then
Original link: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-voters-are-unlikely-to-forgive-the-liberals/
The converse is true as well. Both Conservatives and Liberals have been coasting on “we’re not the other guy” for far too long.
it’s horrifying to learn this; i always had the impression that canadians were somehow better than the democrat-republican vacillation that characterizes american politics.
We have 5 parties that get seats every election. However the leadership in Canada is dominated by the LPC and the CPC, for better or worse.
Let’s all vote for the lobster party.