The Conservatives screeched triumphantly through the finish line of 2023, while the Liberals seemed to be dragging their own inert carcasses to the end. This week, everyone returned to the House of Commons after regrouping over a languorous holiday break, and the government tried to regain its footing with a new line of attack for a new year.
Everyone from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on down the roster has been advancing some form of the same argument: They, the governing Liberals, are grown-ups engaged in the heavy work of running a country in difficult times, while the opposition Conservatives are having themselves a time lobbing spitballs from the cheap seats.
