More than wishful thinking needed for this Parliament to accomplish anything

The current minority, the first since 2011, is taking place against a backdrop of extreme partisanship, personal animosity, and the fuming public anger that feeds off social media.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government has been reduced to a minority. But there’s little indication so far that co-operation is likely to be anything resembling a hallmark of this Parliament, writes Les Whittington. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Opinion

BY LES WHITTINGTON

November 6, 2019

OTTAWA—There’s been a lot of talk since the election about how voters sent federal parties a message that they need to be more co-operative and work together for the benefit of the country after a year of nasty political rancour. That’s as a good a takeaway as any from an election that reduce...

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