The cabinet retreat showcased a laissez-faire prime minister not interested in a cabinet shuffle or bringing new blood into the party.
HALIFAX—For a party trailing by a country kilometre in the polls for over a year, the recent Liberal cabinet retreat was a pretty self-satisfied affair.
True, there was a laundry list of announcements: tariffs on EVs from China, a tweak of the temporary foreign workers program, a task force here, and more studies there. Not unimportant, to be sure.
But it was very much a bits-and-pieces rather than a strategic or visionary exercise. There was no overarching message. As one shrewd observer put it, Justin Trudeau’s motto seems to be “more of the same.”
Surrounded by sycophants.
