The House of Commons is back: MPs should not treat democracy like a zero-sum game

We are living in challenging times, and the country needs strong leadership, but confidence in Canada's national direction is faltering.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, and Green Party Leader Elizabeth May. As Perrin Beatty says, 'Tribalism has infected our society at large, where we’re focused much more on 'me' than 'we'—and we treat democracy as if it were a zero-sum game.'The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and Sam Garcia

Opinion

BY EDITORIAL

January 30, 2023

The House is back on Monday, Jan. 30, and it's going to be a busy winter session. There's pressing issues to be dealt with, so hopefully, the country's federal lawmakers will get down to work right away, and leave petty politics aside for once. Officially, the Prime Minister...

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