PM RESPECTS BOUNDARIES. UNTIL HE DOESN'T

Yet throughout the coronavirus crisis, Trudeau has called for or taken actions that step right across federal-provincial lines.
Think of Trudeau’s determined pledges to bring in wage top-ups for front-line or essential workers, commercial rent subsidies, or 10 days of paid sick leave for all workers.
Sometimes he has overstepped in areas that require provinces to kick in money before he’s brought them into the loop on what the plan is, or how much it will cost them.

What is clear is that as the urgency of the past three months eases, some premiers are increasingly rankled about the blurring lines.