The tortoise and the other tortoise

It'll be a change election. Eventually.

E pur si muove. Photo from the archives: PW

Perhaps Justin Trudeau will be as surprised as Drax to learn that even when he holds himself perfectly still, others can still see him. Political strategy in Canada isn’t cancelled just because the Liberal leader has rejected every single response that nervous Liberals floated after the Toronto—St. Paul’s debacle. Shake up the team? Offer different policies? No way. Daddy’s betting the house on dental care!

Parliament will resume sitting in two weeks. People have decisions to make. So Andy Filmore’s running for mayor of Halifax, Pierre Poilievre decided to make September about Jagmeet Singh’s deal with the Liberals — and Singh, will wonders never cease, decided to respond.