Poilievre’s briefing refusal is a sign of the end of collegiality on the Hill

KAMOURASKA, QUE—In early September 1983, my then-minister, solicitor- general of Canada Bob Kaplan, reached out to new opposition leader Brian Mulroney. Mulroney had been elected in a byelection a few weeks before in the Nova Scotia riding of Central Nova, and now had a seat in Parliament. As the leader of the Progressive Conservative Party, which was second to Pierre Trudeau’s Liberals, he automatically became Leader of Her Majesty’s Loyal Opposition.

Today, all that has been lost, and there appears to be a climate of mistrust reigning over the Hill. This has become pertinent in the last few weeks in the wake of various reports, most notably that of the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians . The issue of foreign interference—or more appropriately, the willing collaboration of MPs with foreign powers, both overtly hostile and traditionally friendly —is now making headlines.

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