Liberal COVID-fighting honeymoon is over

The longer we are in lockdown, the more Liberals will lose. With an under-functioning Parliament and a flattened COVID curve, the government needs to pivot quickly, or any hope of an early election majority may simply be wishful thinking.

Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland, pictured May 14, 2020, on the Hill. When asked about the continuing travel ban last week, Ms. Freeland said, 'The arrangement we have today is working and it is working very well.' The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY SHEILA COPPS

June 15, 2020

OTTAWA—The Liberal COVID-fighting honeymoon is over. Last week two fatal blows were delivered. One came from the opposition which banded together to derail tough government legislation on COVID subsidy fraudsters. The second blow was the picture of the prime minister on bended knee attending a ...

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