On last Sunday’s Question Period, host Evan Solomon referred a number of times to the present version of Prime Minister Trudeau as Trudeau 3.0 and that moniker might just stick.

We are now well into the second week of the federal election and Justin Trudeau, who initiated the election call has yet to offer anything to voters that could not have been accomplished without dissolution.

We are now well into the first full week of campaigning and the first section seems to have come to an end; questioning the fact that we are having an election at all.

The installation of Her Excellency The Right Honourable Mary Simon has come at an unprecedented time in the history of our country as we still are suffering the effects of COVID-19.

For those who may wonder from to time, if Prime Minister Trudeau, outside of talking points, really knows what is going on, one thing that can be said is that in the lead up to a general election, he knows exactly what he wants to do.

The most interesting part of the rate announcement when it is accompanied by the MPR occurs when the Governor delivers his remarks at his media availability held after the documents are released.

If there is to be a late summer, or early fall vote, it should be over and a winner declared before the end of October,

As Prime Minister Trudeau has said on many occasions, his main objective is to see Canadians through to the end of COVID-19, a time when almost all are vaccinated.

Long-time government relations expert and Alberta political strategist, Gord Olsen, has joined New West Public Affairs as a strategic advisor.

It would be overly simplistic to suggest there are only two issues that surround the discovery of the bodies of the 215 children at the Kamloops Residential school,