Trudeau’s precedent-setting move on test of confidence ‘takes away’ from feds’ work responding to pandemic, say politicos

Last week's high-stakes political drama drew more attention to the 'repeated ethics scandals' of the Liberals, says Najib Jutt, a political strategist with Edmonton-based Statecraft Partners.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured arriving on Oct. 20 at West Block with Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland, survived his latest confidence test last week, thanks to reluctant support from the Greens and NDP.The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

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BY PALAK MANGAT, BEATRICE PAEZ

October 26, 2020

The decision to hold a confidence vote over the creation of a committee with powerful investigative authority suggests the Trudeau Liberals may have been trying to engineer their own defeat, says one political strategist, while another says that the drama over ethical...

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