While politicos fret, a tsunami of relief floods the nation

The weak link in this hopeful scenario is the prime minister himself. He is hard to pin down: on the surface, he is not overly partisan, and still something of an outsider, despite his increasingly long tenure in Ottawa and his family history.

NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, both pictured at separate press conferences on the Hill on March 22, 2022, after the prime minister officially announced that the New Democrats have agreed to tentatively support the Liberal government on confidence votes until the next fixed election in October 2025. The Hill Times photographs by Sam Garcia

Opinion

BY SUSAN RILEY

March 28, 2022

CHELSEA, QUE.—Away from the snark, crackle and pop of the Ottawa bubble, a national sigh of relief may be building as news of the Liberal-NDP detente announced last week spreads. Partisans and pundits are gaming out winners and losers, lamenting the alleged threat to democracy and viewing this rar...

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