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RSS FeedsChantal Hébert: Here´s why Canadians deserve a federal election this fall
(The Star Food)

 
 

13 august 2018 22:01:16

 
Chantal Hébert: Here´s why Canadians deserve a federal election this fall
(The Star Food)
 


This is the time in the life of a majority government when minds usually turn to the drafting of a final throne speech. For a ruling party going into its last year before a general election, the occasion is an opportunity to try to articulate an auspicious ballot-box question but also, if need be, to ditch legislative baggage not wanted on the electoral voyage. By all indications, the early summer shuffling of the federal cabinet was a prelude to a pre-election recasting of the Liberal agenda. No one would be surprised if Parliament were prorogued before its scheduled Sept. 17 return date to set the stage for a throne speech later in the fall. A lot of water — more, in fact, than anyone expected — has flowed under the bridge since Justin Trudeau’s sunny opening act almost three years ago. One way or another, the fall sitting of Parliament will signal the start of a year of intense partisan jostling on both sides of the House. In the era of fixed election dates, all of the above is par for the course.Except that the times are anything but normal. Read more:Opinion | Thomas Walkom: Ottawa needs to make handgun ownership more difficultJustin Trudeau vows to speak out on human rights, refuses to back down in Saudi Arabia disputeCanadians wary of Ottawa’s handling of asylum seekers, new poll showsWith Canada facing watershed choices on the U.S. and climate change, it is hardly a given that the country and/or its political class will be best-served by a prolonged precampaign season.If there ever were a case to be made for sending voters to the polls earlier rather than later, it would probably be this fall. The context has changed dramatically since three years ago, when Canadians last had an election conversation. The terms of the Canada-U. S. relationship are in an unprecedented flux, with no real end in sight to the upheaval.At the same time, the large provincial consensus that supported Trudeau’s climate change strategy — a cent ...


 
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