Challenges to how Canada operates only likely to deepen in 2023

These situations contribute to potential chaos, distrust of government, and the weakening of the country’s system of shared governmental powers.

The health-care clash pitting Prime Minister Justin Trudeau against the premiers is likely to continue to destabilize national political affairs in 2023, writes Les Whittington. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY LES WHITTINGTON

January 11, 2023

OTTAWA—Having a federation that is, by some accounts, more decentralized than the European Union is one thing. Having a populace that often doesn’t seem to grasp where the areas of governmental responsibility lie within the federal-provincial system is quite another.

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