Trudeau

The vicious social media attacks against Ruth-Ellen Brosseau shocked parliamentarians from all parties. Some readers may not have seen them, and so, as a public service, here is a sample.

Highlights from this week's best blog posts

The prime minister is getting huge support on social media, where the opposition are worms (and worse) for slowing him down. Let's hope it does not go to his head.

Physically intervening to usher an opposition MP to his seat, and, in the process, shoving another MP, was not the sort of respect for Parliament Trudeau promised.

There has been much criticism of the Trudeau government's decision to give itself a majority of seats on the electoral reform committee. That is not what Trudeau seemed to promise during the campaign.

In this first of a two-part series, Craig Scott considers how Tuesday's federal budget raises questions about honesty and accountability in our electoral democracy.