Ottawa

The opposition’s opportunity

Brian Topp says there’s a chance for a more substantive parliamentary debate—on foreign affairs and the military, no less.

Now that Parliament has a government and an opposition that disagree on issues of substance, you can expect to hear a good deal more about real issues like this in Canadian federal politics – just one example of the many benefits of moving away from elite brokerage politics in our national legislature.

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