Lots of challenges and opportunities for political players this year

While I wouldn’t expect the eventual winner of the NDP leadership race to shift the policy suite too radically in either ideological direction, the Conservative one has all the makings of a public-policy groin pull.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's recent cabinet shuffle and subsequent parliamentary secretary shuffle were significant because hard decisions were made, which is a particularly good sign for a progressive administration with an activist agenda, writes Joe Jordan. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

Opinion

BY JOE JORDAN

January 30, 2017

OTTAWA—Having avoided the standard year-end retrospective, primarily because I was late to the keyboard and all the good “sunny days” and “honeymoon” analogies were already taken, I have decided to cast my mind forward and look at what I would like to see the coming year hold and some of t...

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