The unpredictable year ahead

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has not really been battle-tested, meaning we don’t know how his government will handle an unexpected adversity, writes Gerry Nicholls.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, U.S. Vice-President Joe Biden, and U.S. Ambassador to Canada Bruce Heyman, pictured at the state dinner on Dec. 8 in Ottawa. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

Opinion

BY GERRY NICHOLLS

December 19, 2016

OAKVILLE, ONT.—Given that we’re approaching year’s end, I should act like an Oracle from ancient Greece and offer up a string of confident-sounding predictions as to what will occur in 2017. But this year, I just can’t do it. Okay, maybe “can’t” is the wrong word, since if I wanted t...

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