As discussed on yday& #39;s @TheHerleBurly pod - Minority Parliaments are all about control. Governments that lose control of the agenda will inevitably find themselves less able to shape their own future, deliver on their program and win re-election. #cdnpoli https://twitter.com/atRachelGilmore/status/1318962516396048385">https://twitter.com/atRachelG...
To permit the Cons to establish this new & #39;corruption& #39; Super-Cttee wld have been an unqualified surrender of control for Trudeau. It would have given the Opposition new levers to shape the agenda, dictate the news cycle and establish the terms of the next elxn #cdnpoli
This all may come off as unseemly or hard-ass but the exercise of muscle that Trudeau has just shown was the right move and the smart move politically for his govt (or any govt in a similar spot). When you have leverage and the stakes are high, you use that leverage. #cndpoli
Hand-wringers can sweat it endlessly, but look at the outcome: Trudeau isn& #39;t forced into an election. He& #39;s not forced into accepting this cttee. He didn& #39;t even have to stock the NDP& #39;s fridge. He emerges clearly in control of Parliament. It& #39;s A full-on, flat-out win #cndpoli