In 2020, while Justin Trudeau was on vacation, a new message was trickled out by his entourage. The PM wanted a new post-pandemic ambition. It was whispered that his then-finance minister, Bill Morneau, might have to go. Soon, that ruthless personnel change was made. Parliament was prorogued for a throne speech, to symbolize a reset.
That Justin Trudeau was a prime minister in a hurry. Too much so, as it turned out, because the COVID-19 pandemic wasn’t over, and the big plans were delayed. Still, his new Finance Minister, Chrystia Freeland, delivered a big-spending “build-back-better” budget the following spring that included national child care and large sums for green-tech incentives.
With luck the Libs will just wither and die.
