‘Politics as usual’: CERB bill failure suggests shifting tactics, say critics, though Canadians want co-operation amid crisis
The COVID-19 crisis is not an environment that favours opposition parties, which need to be wary of public perceptions given Canadians' support for cross-partisan co-operation, says pollster Frank Graves.
In what's been described as a campaign-style presser, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau spoke on June 11, pictured, to highlight how businesses are benefiting from the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy, while also attacking the Conservatives and blaming the opposition for playing ‘political games’ with a bill that failed to pass the day before. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Parliament's first piece of stalled COVID-19-related legislation is part of the “natural evolution” in Parliament's response to the pandemic, says a Conservative MP, while pollsters and pundits say opposition parties have to be careful in their approach, with Canadians preferring co-operation in...
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