.AGMacDougall: The PM calls it the most important election since 1945. So it seems odd to bunt instead of swing for the fences on Day One or Two of the campaign.
Trudeau speaks to media following a meeting with Governor General Mary Simon at Rideau Hall in Ottawa, on Aug. 15, 2021
This isn’t to slight the arts. There are few sectors that have had it so bad thanks to this damned pandemic, and only the hard-hearted would begrudge a bit more relief until we can go back to packing ourselves into sweaty concert venues, lovely opera houses and vibrant art galleries. The announcement should also play well in Quebec , where many a campaign has faltered in the past.
Living in the U.K., as I do, where the housing market is squarely on the far side of insane, and having recently paid way too much money for way too old a pile of Victorian-era bricks and timber, I know the anxiety and stress housing in major conurbations causes for the ‘middle-class and those working hard to join it’. It’s hard to envision a future if you can’t afford a place to live .
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