Byelections, filibusters, and other godsends in boring April

Marijuana legalization and the Conservative leadership candidates give us something to speculate about.

The government's pledge to legalize marijuana, and the continued police enforcement of anti-pot laws in the mean time, remain controversial issues for some Canadians. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

Opinion

BY TIM POWERS

April 5, 2017

OTTAWA—Canadian politics is pretty damn boring right now. Call that an uncomfortable truth for a column writer as I sit here trying to pick a riveting subject to engage you the reader. How about something on those recent byelections? No. Can you spell lame? I always love those byelection stories ...

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