Take note, Conservatives: Canada is not ready to move on from COVID

It may be some time before any government can talk about balancing budgets and cutting programs.

Conservative MP Pierre Poilievre is his party’s finance critic, responsible for scrutinizing government spending during the COVID-19 pandemic. Canadians are still broadly supportive of big government spending to keep the economy afloat, writes Michael Harris.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY MICHAEL HARRIS

August 24, 2020

HALIFAX—For the second time in just under a year, a lot of Conservatives are wearing Cheshire Cat smiles. The first time, in 2019, the party was salivating at the prospect of toppling Justin Trudeau after just a single term. After all, the Shiny New Pony was covered in mud: Black-face blunders fr...

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