Prime minister should act in best interests of Canadians

Hubris undermined the process, the powers of persuasion failed the prime minister, and a principled challenge was presented by the attorney general. It was a self-inflicted wound.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured on March 5, 2019, arriving at the PMO in Ottawa for private meetings to deal with the SNC-Lavalin controversy, after cancelling scheduled appearances in Regina.The Hill Times file photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY RAJ CHAHAL

March 11, 2019

CALGARY—As a student of politics and government in my youth, I was taught the quaint notion of ministerial responsibility. A concept taught but seldom followed in the modern political era. Lord Carrington, the great British parliamentarian was cited as the example. In 1982, he resigned from the Br...

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