Politics-as-usual likely to return after COVID-19, but chance for change down the road, say politicos

COVID-19 'has offered an opportunity for government leaders to walk in the shoes of other government leaders,' says Geoff Norquay.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Ontario Premier Doug Ford, and Alberta Premier Jason Kenney. 'This crisis has had the effect of collapsing a huge amount of the partisanship between parties and the sniping between different levels of government,' said Geoff Norquay, principal at Earnscliffe and former senior adviser to both Brian Mulroney and Stephen Harper. 'Six months ago in the federal election, the prime minister essentially campaigned against Doug Ford and Jason Kenney, and that will never happen again.'The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY Aidan Chamandy

April 13, 2020

Although politicians across the country are working across party lines to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, pollsters and politicos are split on whether partisanship and politics will change much...

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