Joe Oliver: In May in these pages I wrote a column titled “Will Liberal failures and lapses never end?” Now as we near mid-summer, I’m sorry, but not surprised, to have to report: Not yet. New missteps appear every couple of weeks.
An overarching electoral question is whether voters will continue to tolerate a scandal-plagued leader who theatrically emotes progressive talking points but rarely delivers, evades parliamentary accountability, rejects any semblance of fiscal prudence and is mealy-mouthed in praise of the country he leads. Doling out hundreds of billions of dollars, finally delivering vaccines and vilifying the Conservative opposition are working their magic. The farrago of ethical outrages and gross ineptitude have not dented Trudeau’s poll numbers. Of invaluable assistance is a compliant mainstream media narrative: “Not much to see here and look, Justin shaved his beard!” Liberal apparatchiks must marvel at their Teflon PM.
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