Trudeau is at a critical juncture in the life of his government.  It is the sophomore year.  Canadians have given him a year to work out the bugs of his government, the good Canadians we are, which has not helped matters.  What is certain is that we are all the poorer in spite a massive $30 billion infusion.  Nothing to show for the expense but legislation on paper.  Significantly higher taxes.  The middle class never more under threat than by the PM, whose election gangplank was based on protecting them.  Laws that encroach on the employer and the employee.  Less for the taxpayer footing the bill.  The high price tag for naive idealism. Fewer jobs that can support a family.  And 35 years of massive annual deficit to accommodate the dying off of the baby boomer generation, followed by the retiring of genX.

The state of the economy is the growing sexy issue that is long term.  Chronic deficit spending is the disease requiring the cure.