As has been noted here before, the Trudeau government has carved itself out an ambitious agenda. Its progress to date is mixed.
Some commitments, such as the one to legalize marijuana and the one to reform our democratic system are understandably taking a long time. They are important enough to justify doing them slowly and properly as opposed to expeditiously.
But the government’s slowness on others is a mystery, which easily leads to suspicion and cynicism in the absence of believable justification. Take, for example, the commitment made by Justin Trudeau during the election campaign to ban asbestos. read more >>