TORONTO – Somewhere along the line, we must have lost sight of “purpose in and of life”. For that matter, the culture of government serving the needs and purposes of its citizens, while bringing dignity to the shared human experience within the borders under its jurisdiction, seems to have become just as passe’.
OTTAWA – Justin Trudeau’s minority government supported by Jagmeet Singh’s NDP is safe, so far: an agreement has in fact been reached between the Liberals and New Democrats on pharmacare, free access to some types of drugs. On it, the NDP had given the Trudeau government an ultimatum: either it passes by March 1, or the NDP’s support fades and we go to vote. Trudeau and the Liberals have obviously given in: if we go to vote now, according to the polls, the Conservatives would win by a landslide. (more…)
