Justin Trudeau needs to answer for the Burnaby South insult
Tom Parkin: The PM has warned the next election will be nasty. So why has he said nothing—not even a tweet—about a Liberal candidate’s race-based attack?
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Tom Parkin
Tom Parkin is a political commentator with a social democratic perspective who has worked in politics in Ontario and Saskatchewan and in the Canadian labour movement. Contact Tom on twitter at @Tom_Parkin_.
The games Liberals are playing with Jagmeet Singh
Tom Parkin: It goes beyond the discourteous delays in calling a byelection, and seems to point to even more petty efforts to undermine the NDP leader
The Liberals’ disregard for workers’ rights
Tom Parkin: The Trudeau government ploughed over postal workers’ well-established charter right to strike. It’s been tried before and ends badly.
Double-dipping, no-showing, no-quitting Liberal MPs
Tom Parkin: In two Liberal ridings, MPs who should have been forced to resign seem intent to hold on until January, when byelections may be off the table
For Justin Trudeau and Doug Ford, it’s time to fight
Tom Parkin: The PM and Ontario premier need to take on General Motors, not offer a clean-up operation for the human wreckage in Oshawa
The Liberals need to offer some government for the people
Tom Parkin: Bill Morneau’s fall economic update gave big for business, and ignored a much bigger issue—crushing household debt
Justin Trudeau’s Trump-like treatment of Jagmeet Singh
Tom Parkin: The PM’s refusal to call a by-election for his democratic competitor has made him the villain, and handed Singh the mantle of underdog
Is Trudeau really showing ’courtesy’ to Singh?
Tom Parkin: By delaying a by-election call for months, the Liberals are sidelining their opponent, and denying thousands of Canadians a voice in Parliament
The one thing that could bring back responsible government
Tom Parkin: A referendum this fall in B.C. could spark a Canada-wide move toward electoral reform—and restore some faith in our democracy
On the economy, is it Trudeau’s sunny ways or Singh’s rainy days?
Tom Parkin: A Conservative split could open the door for a key debate between the Liberals and NDP on the true state of the Canadian economy