Justin Trudeau’s tenure as prime minister shows that experience doesn’t always equate to gravitas. He may continue to spit out all the right diplomatic buzzwords at global summits, but his fellow world leaders have long since tuned him out.
While the secessionist leaders contend with the decline of their movement, federalists, even those who disagree, have tried to move on and avoid becoming drawn into yet another debate over Quebec’s place in the country.
It’s hard to see the government’s food price plan as anything but a cynical move to mislead Canadians, cast blame on a politically unpopular group, and eventually claim credit for improvements that are beyond their control.
Question period may not be perfect, but that’s the wrong measure. Notwithstanding its imperfections, it’s still worth preserving as a tool of government accountability.
As the government has grown, its failures have perhaps counterintuitively become more ubiquitous, and the public’s hope and trust have suffered as a result. The net result is the malaise in which we now find ourselves.
The recent bout of inflation and interest rate increases appear to have brought about a particular phase of economic hardship that has spilled over into personal lives, and that hardship appears to be across the board in terms of demographic and income groups.
Rather than fruitlessly trying to reconcile two irreconcilable visions of conservatism under the banner of a single party, conservatives in Québec and the Rest of Canada should branch out into two separate but affiliated parties: the Conservative Party and the CAQ.
Iran already has its own liberal tradition and its own successful example of constraining despotism. The future of Iran after the Islamic Republic must be shaped by Iranians themselves within their own tradition of culture and civilisation.
Canada has had 23 PMs. It may be time to start preparing for number 24.
Times are all of a sudden tough and belts are tightening across Canada. But there are still good wines to be found at a reasonable price that are worth looking for.
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