Politics Insider for May 2: The new Alberta premier visits Ottawa, another Liberal packs it in, and get ready for boring packs of smokes
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Speaking of C-69: Whenever Liberals in Ottawa try to find a middle ground in any conversation about resource development, they end up facing an angry mob somewhere. Yesterday, it was industry’s turn to be skeptical of proposed new environmental assessment rules for big projects that require close federal scrutiny. [The Globe and Mail]
Less Leslie: When the Liberals rode to power in 2015, one of their star candidates was military man Andrew Leslie. After 35 years in uniform, the retired general penned a blueprint for the transformation of Canada’s military in the Harper era. As a Trudeau Liberal, Leslie never cracked cabinet, spending most of his term as party whip—who better than a man trained in strict discipline and a chain of command?—and a go-to guy on Canada-U.S. affairs.
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