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    Trudeau votes in the House of Commons on Oct. 21, 2020 (CP/Sean Kilpatrick)

    And so Canada escapes the obviously terrible idea of a pandemic election

    Shannon Proudfoot: With all the pacing of a Facetime call with your grandparents, the Liberals survived a puzzling confidence vote of their own making

    The WE controversy that has been dogging the Liberals is expected to continue to follow Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his government after Trudeau's appearance before a House of Commons committee Thursday. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau appears as a witness via videoconference during a House of Commons finance committee in the Wellington Building on Thursday, July 30, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

    Try to see WE from 35,000 feet

    Andrew MacDougall: Welcome to the world of political damage control where the main goal is finding any explanation that can stand up for a news cycle

    Trudeau appears before a House of Commons committee on July 30, 2020 (CP/Sean Kilpatrick)

    The Trudeau WE testimony: What, you wanted a micromanager?

    Paul Wells: The Prime Minister and his chief of staff laid out their arguments for how to defend this honker. There were just a few problems.

    Trudeau appears as a witness via videoconference during a House of Commons finance committee on July 30, 2020 (CP/Sean Kilpatrick)

    Three key takeaways from Justin Trudeau’s testimony

    The Prime Minister’s appearance to explain his latest ethics scandal revealed conflicting priorities, and that chaos is still possible in Canadian politics

    The Kielburger brothers introduce Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his wife Sophie Gregoire-Trudeau as they appear at the WE Day celebrations in Ottawa in 2015.(Adrian Wyld/CP)

    WE all fall down: the Kielburgers and Liberal ‘whataboutism’

    Tying other parties to WE won’t work unless opposition politicians or their relatives took money for their appearances. But that’s not discouraging the Grits.

    Craig and Marc Kielburger introduce Trudeau and his wife Sophie Gregoire-Trudeau as they appear at a WE event in Ottawa on Nov. 10, 2015 (CP/Adrian Wyld)

    It’s time for Liberals to learn a lesson

    Andrew MacDougall: Another ethics investigation is hanging over the PM. At some point, the Liberals will realize they’re being led by a dead man walking.