MPs face a choice this Parliament: play partisan games or meet the moment

As grocery bills soar and households struggle, Parliament’s return will reveal if politicians can produce real results—or remain trapped in procedure.

This spring, parliamentarians will be tested as to whether they can rise above the news cycle and arrest the structural erosion of Canada’s welfare state, writes Bhagwant Sandhu.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY BHAGWANT SANDHU

January 26, 2026

OTTAWA—With Parliament’s return on Jan. 26, political leaders will be tempted to replay familiar games. They should resist. This is not a procedural moment. It is a test of whether they can rise above the news cycle and arrest the structural erosion of Canada’s welfare...

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