Promise made, promise kept — which is not something this government has been able to say very often.
The passage of the pot-legalization bill before the summer recess was crucial for Justin Trudeau, who during his 959 days in power has garnered a reputation as a promise-breaker.
After reneging on the pledge to usher in electoral reform and blowing through the commitment to rack up “modest” deficits, this was a big one — and it needed to be fulfilled, if anyone was to going to believe anything the prime minister said in the run-up to the 2019 election.
The summer hiatus provides a convenient demarcation between the first three years in power, which were all about trying to live up to the sprawling campaign platform, and the final one, which will look ahead to the coming vote.
John Ivison – National Post – June 20, 2018.
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