If he’s lucky, the prime minister has more than two years to make a case for a fourth term. But what if voters are simply tired of him?
Seven years to the day after that sunny morning in 2015 when he and his new cabinet walked down the tree-lined drive to Rideau Hall, Justin Trudeau visited a community centre in a working-class neighbourhood of apartment towers and public housing in northeastern Toronto.
Inside a second-floor meeting room – scuffed laminate floors, fluorescent lights, two portable air conditioners and a foosball table – 34 chairs were arranged in a circle. Families and seniors from the area filled 31 of the chairs.
Following a short wait, Trudeau entered the room. After a general greeting he proceeded around the circle — meeting each person individually, leaning in, making eye contact — before taking a seat between Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland and Michael Coteau, the local Liberal MP.
… While Thomas acquitted Tesfai in the 2018 case last August, he remained in custody after a later arrest in the fall of 2021 for possessing a gun after he was shot near Parliament and Wellesley streets.
The music industry is quick to embrace artists who shoot people or sell drugs. Commit those crimes and record companies may still offer a lucrative record deal.
A Catholic high school student in Renfrew, Ontario, has filed an appeal with his school board after being suspended over his interactions with transgender students. He alleges that the suspension constitutes discrimination against his religious beliefs.
A Tesco store locked its bacon, sausages and ribs in a fridge to prevent theft amid a surge of shoplifting prompted by the cost of living crisis.
