What’s inside Ottawa stays inside—and there is no confidence that will change

This fall sitting of Parliament is going to be full of politicking, which doesn’t leave room to make efforts to fix Ottawa's secretive ways that harm many Canadians.
Politicians busy pointing fingers at each other just do not seem to want to aspire to change the way insiders operate in Ottawa, writes Ken Rubin.

OTTAWA—In this pre-election period with consistent votes of non-confidence, no party leader appears to want to challenge the excessive secrecy insiders use in Ottawa. There is not even an offering of catchy slogans and transparency promises—just insults and name calling....

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