b'POLITICAL LANDSCAPE / CONTEXTE POLITIQUECanadian politicsgoing into 2020La politique canadienne By/par Huw Williamslhorizon 2020S ince the federal election in the fall of 2019, which filledD epuis llection fdrale de lautomne2019 qui a the media airwaves, the focus on politics for manypour un temps occup tout lespace mdiatique, les Canadians has once again fallen by the wayside. ICanadiennes et les Canadiens se sont une fois de plus may be biased, but as someone who works in politics Idsintresss de la politique. Je suis peut-tre partial, believe that right now it is an exciting time for what is shapingmais en tant que personne qui travaille en politique, je crois que into the 43rd Parliament. ce 43e parlement nous fera vivre des moments passionnants.Governing with a minority, the Liberals have been lookingtant minoritaires en chambre, les libraux ont cherch des allis for parliamentary allies that can help them elongate their govern- parlementaires pouvant les aiderprolonger leur mandat. Heureuse-ment. Luckily, they have found a partner in the Bloc Quebecois.ment, ils ont trouv un partenaire au sein du Bloc Qubcois. Le The party appears to want to supportparti semble vouloir soutenir les libraux the Liberals on most legislation, sosur la plupart des lois, tant quelles ont long as it has either a Quebec lens or aune optique qubcoise ou une section Quebec section.Outside of his newqubcoise. Outside of his new appearance,En dehors de sa nouvelle apparence, the prime minister has also changedappearance, the primele premier ministre a galement chang his tone in this new Parliament. Manyde ton dans ce nouveau parlement. have observed that he has adopted aBeaucoup ont observ quil a adopt une more serious manner and has doneminister has alsoattitude plus srieuse, jouant moinsla away with his celebrity status. Thisvedette quauparavant. Ce changement, change, as well as his response to thechanged his tone in thisainsi que sa ractionla situation iran-Iranian situation, has helped him andienne, la aidgagner du terrain dans his party gain traction in the polls. new Parliament les sondages.The Conservatives continue toLes conservateurs continuent de se look internally, especially with Andrewtourner vers lintrieur, en particulier avec la dmission dAndrew ScheerScheer resigning as their leader. ThisEn dehors de saleur tte. Cela a donn le coup denvoi kicked off a leadership race thatdune course au leadership qui en a du has disappointed many so far. Peternouvelle apparence,plus dun jusqu prsent. Peter MacKay, MacKay, past leader of the federalancien chef du parti progressiste-Progressive Conservative Party, is seen as the frontrunner in the race, withle premier ministre aconservateur, est considr comme le other potential contenders like Ronapremier de la course, dautres candidats Ambrose or Jean Charest publiclygalement chang depotentiels comme Rona Ambrose ou stating they would not be running.Jean Charest ayant dclar publique-ment quils ne se prsenteraient pas. Les The Conservatives will make theirton dans ce nouveauconservateurs se choisiront en juin un final decision on a leader in June,leader qui, espre-t-il, leur permettra someone they hope will propel themparlementde former le gouvernement aprs les into the government following theprochaines lections.next election. La Chambre des communes est The House of Commons alsogalement revenue le 27janvier, et le returned on January 27, and the firstpremier pointlordre du jour du gouvernement a t la ratifica-order of business for the government was the ratification of the newtion du nouvel accord tats-Unis-Mexique-Canada (ACEUM). United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA). The govern- Le gouvernement sera galement occupraliser ses promesses de ment will also be busy accomplishing their campaign promises,campagne, de lassurance-mdicamentslachvement du pipeline from pharmacare to completing the Trans Mountain pipeline.Trans Mountain. For those interested in politics, this marks the beginning of aPour ceux qui sintressentla politique, cest donc le dbut new chapter for a government that hopes to gain a few successesdun nouveau chapitre dun gouvernement qui espre remporter in advance of the next election. quelques succs avant les prochaines lections.Spring 2020 Insight19'