Methane, deficits and the civil service: three ways politics mattered this week
OTTAWA — Speculation filled the void left by the members of Parliament who vacated the capital for the week to spend time in their ridings.
Who would win the Conservative leadership? Do Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the young, new French president Emmanuel Macron — who met together on the sidelines of the G7 summit this week —have the makings of a budding bromance? If the Ottawa Senators advance, is it OK to root for P.K. Subban (a moot point now, obviously)?
Whimsical calculations and conjecture aside, the week saw some concrete developments on climate change, deficits and the way the government manages its money.
Here are a few ways federal politics touched Canadians this week.