Liberals in strong position should an election come sooner than later

Unlike several U.S. states and provinces like Alberta and Quebec, Canada has chosen to play by Dr. Fauci Rules—slow and steady wins the race against the deadly virus.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured June 11, 2020, in Ottawa. It is true that the Trudeau government has invested an immense amount of money in battling the pandemic. But what would the CPC have done had they been the government? Thrown money at corporations like Donald Trump has in the U.S., and reopen come hell or high water, asks Michael Harris. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY MICHAEL HARRIS

June 15, 2020

HALIFAX—No matter when the next election comes, the battle lines were only thinly camouflaged in last week’s political jousting over the government’s fight against COVID-19. For the first time, the opposition parties stymied the government from even debating the next phase of its pandemic str...

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