It is probably an academic question as to which is more disgraceful: the fact that the Liberals were so willing to sell out Canadian democracy, or that they got such a low price for it
One thing we’ve learned from the COVID-19 pandemic is the depths of the contempt that Canada’s professional class has for the practice of politics, our political parties and even Parliament itself. In the early days of the pandemic, this contempt largely emanated from journalists, but it appears to have now spread to members of the political class themselves. There is little reason to think our institutions of democracy will ever recover.
But just as a war is far too serious a matter to leave to the generals, a pandemic is too important to leave to the experts. Every decision that has been made, every aspect of our response, has involved trade-offs, including the dreadful job of deciding who will live and who might die. These decisions are irreducibly political, and many of our leaders waited far too long to accept their ultimate responsibilities here. It is to our great discredit that we let them.
But that’s what happened this week, when Jagmeet Singh’s NDP gave its support to a Liberal motion to extend the suspension of regular sittings of the House of Commons until late September.
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