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Throne Speech Portends Politics as Usual

Throne Speech Portends Politics as Usual
Storm clouds over the Peace Tower and Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Aug. 18, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
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It is easy to be cynical about Canadian politics. For instance a bunch of hoohah about proroguing Parliament and starting a new session with a throne speech to outline a massive, post-COVID, bright green agenda, coincidentally derailing a lot of silly nattering about a “scandal” involving the WE semi-charity, then delivering what Ken Coates called a “nothing burger” and everyone went back to bickering. But let us not succumb to shallow cynicism when the deep kind is on offer.
John Robson
John Robson
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John Robson is a documentary filmmaker, National Post columnist, senior fellow at the Aristotle Foundation, contributing editor to the Dorchester Review, and executive director of the Climate Discussion Nexus. His most recent documentary is “The Environment: A True Story.”
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