Let the games begin: what to watch as Parliament returns

The Throne Speech might provide a glimpse into the parameters of all this national niceness, whereas the 2020 federal budget will be the time when choices get made, and not all will be happy.

Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer, pictured Nov. 28 during a media availability in the West Block building. Parliament’s commencement will be important to watch on several fronts, not just as it relates to the future survival of Scheer, writes Tim Powers. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY TIM POWERS

December 4, 2019

OTTAWA—Opposition Leader Andrew Scheer will no doubt be the happiest person in Ottawa with the short return of Parliament. He will want to have the opportunity to sink his teeth into Prime Minister Justin Trudeau instead of being the daily meal for the media and many frustrated Conservatives. Par...

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