Happy anniversary: Liberals, opposition mark Year One with brickbats, backslaps
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his fellow Liberals were in a self-congratulatory mood Wednesday as both sides of the House of Commons marked the first anniversary of the 2015 election, which saw his party win a solid majority government.
The Conservatives and the New Democrats, however, struck a decidedly less celebratory tone as they did their best to remind Canadians of promises the Liberals have yet to fulfil — or have broken outright.
“Over the last year, the prime minister has been getting advice everywhere, from a secretive summit in Davos to a so-called summer camp for billionaires in Sun Valley — even this week, he was rubbing shoulders with Chinese billionaires,” interim Conservative leader Ron Ambrose railed during question period.
“But along the way, he forgot to check in with ordinary working Canadians.”