Sunny ways fading as Liberals hit halfway mark

And since the new year, the tone in the House has steadily deteriorated. If this week is anything to go by, the climate is bound to become more toxic until Parliament finally breaks for the summer.
The official opposition wants to use the time to turn up the heat on Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan for having aggrandized his role in the planning of a major military offensive in Afghanistan.
So much for sunny ways! As Justin Trudeau’s government nears the halfway mark of its first mandate, finding some willingness to engage in adult conversation on either side of the House of Commons is almost as hard as it was on the worst days of the previous Conservative government. Since the new ...

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