Whoville and the Grinch: a cautionary tale for opposition politicians

There is appropriate fodder for opposition critics, but instead they waste hours demanding timelines when everything is in flux, greeting every federal announcement with the same level of hostility and volume, raising worst-case scenarios that make a worried public even more depressed. And they leave accountability to the media.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured at a press conference on Dec. 7, 2020, in the Sir John A. Macdonald Building on the Hill. It's time someone who isn’t a Liberal said it: the Trudeau government has done a pretty good job managing the pandemic. Not perfect, never perfect. But hardly the train wreck of corruption and incompetence depicted by opposition critics, writes Susan Riley. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY SUSAN RILEY

December 14, 2020

CHELSEA, QUE.—It is time someone who isn’t a Liberal said it: the Trudeau government has done a pretty good job managing the pandemic. Not perfect, never perfect. But hardly the train wreck of corruption and incompetence depicted by opposition critics. Despite recent claims by Conservative Lead...

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