Attacks on Johnston a politically convenient way to avoid the hard conversations

Despite some public pronouncements, I can’t imagine anyone in political Ottawa wants Johnston to step aside. Then, they’d have to talk policy and solutions.

Special Rapporteur David Johnston is blatantly being used by the Liberals, Conservatives, and New Democrats to suit their own story lines. It would seem no one wants to dig deep into some of the information he has reported on, writes Tim Powers. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY TIM POWERS

June 7, 2023

OTTAWA—Call this a focus group of one from a non-Conservative strategist. Readers of this space and outlet will get the joke. We will see if this column gets a few motivated letters to the editor.

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