Parliament’s Crisis of Accountability

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announces a cabinet shuffle at a press conference on Parliament Hill on Aug. 18, 2020. Looking on are Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Chrystia Freeland and President of the Queen’s Privy Council for Canada and Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs Dominic LeBlanc. The Canadian Press/Adrian Wyld

Commentary

The COVID-19 pandemic has wreaked havoc on the Canadian economy and society, costing lives and imposing unexpected financial and medical costs on people. It has exposed structural shortcomings in our economy and health care system—issues that will hopefully become more central to the political debate.