This is not the time for the Conservatives to bury their heads in the sand

Here's what the Conservatives talked about last week in the House. Did you know that Justin Trudeau is responsible for the high price of chicken, and diapers? Canada, the Conservatives claimed, is not suffering from inflation. It is suffering from Trudeau inflation.
Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole, pictured Nov. 18, 2021, argues that without a live, in-person Parliament, he won’t be able to hold the government to account. If what he means by holding the government to account, is slagging Justin Trudeau, and turning the House of Commons into a rhetorical Pier 9 brawl, nothing will be lost by going virtual.

HALIFAX—Watching the official opposition benches, it looked like a meeting of the Freedom Caucus south of the border, held under a full moon after the dubious third martini.

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