It was Trudeau’s bad week, but we may all pay for it

The buck stops with the PM on NAFTA and Trans Mountain, but fewer bucks will be flowing in the country unless some of this gets unstuck.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau last week saw his ally, Alberta Premier Rachel Notley, hit pause on her support for his climate change policy, a court block his government’s pipeline construction, and tightening pressure to reach a NAFTA deal. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY TIM POWERS

September 5, 2018

OTTAWA—Let me partially join the pile-on. Yes, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau had a bad week last week. Having United States President Donald Trump push Canada’s back, at least in public, against the wall on NAFTA negotiations, as well as the Federal Court of Appeal’s decision on delaying the c...

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