‘You don’t want any early bumps in the road’: first 100 days to chart Liberals’ path

The prime minister’s first task should be to figure out to manage the House in a minority situation, says former PCO clerk Mel Cappe. ‘Everything else is irrelevant.’

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told reporters on Oct. 23 his top priorities for his first 100 days are implementing a middle-class tax cut, fixing the medically assisted dying laws, and working to combat climate change. He will announce his cabinet on Nov. 20.The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

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BY MIKE LAPOINTE

October 30, 2019

A former top federal bureaucrat says the prime minister's top priority in his first 100 days should be to “figure out how to manage the House” in a minority scenario, while another former bureaucrat-turned-politician says “you don’t want any early screw ups” following the return of politic...

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