Liberals shore up their left flank

The Conservative leadership campaign, with its elaborate cast of characters and its steady drumbeat of televised debates, is attracting a lot of attention for the official opposition. But there is still both trouble and opportunity for the Liberals on the other end of the partisan spectrum.
In the eternal balancing act of Canadian Liberalism, it's a week for tilting left. One after another, cabinet ministers are lining up to resuscitate programs that please the Liberal base and that the Harper Conservatives fought tooth and nail. On Feb. 6, Health Minister Jane Philpott announced appr...

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