{"id":8429,"date":"2014-01-08T08:50:56","date_gmt":"2014-01-08T16:50:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/?p=8429"},"modified":"2014-01-07T11:40:20","modified_gmt":"2014-01-07T19:40:20","slug":"politically-speaking-scandal-and-political-change-in-store","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/2014\/01\/08\/politically-speaking-scandal-and-political-change-in-store\/","title":{"rendered":"Politically Speaking<\/em>: Scandal and political change in store"},"content":{"rendered":"

Not every Canadian finds politics riveting. The past year, however, rocked many a political world with its scandals, shake-ups, and election upsets.<\/p>\n

And, yet, for all the excitement of 2013, this year promises even more.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s recap 2013: right here at home, the BC Liberals shocked everyone with a sweeping election win, to the chagrin of pollsters who had declared their post-mortem.<\/p>\n

Federally, the Liberals shocked exactly no one after choosing as the face of their party an average politician with a certain winning surname. Justin Trudeau has catapulted the Liberals back to being taken seriously, and polls show they are once again a force to be reckoned with.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the offices of the Prime Minister and the Mayor of Toronto faced two entirely different scandals.<\/p>\n

The year 2013 had everyone in the political loop on the edge of their seats. But if one thing can be read from the current political landscape, it\u2019s this: we haven\u2019t seen anything yet.<\/p>\n

Much of the action of the past year is far from over and here\u2019s what we have to look forward to in 2014: the fates of both the Northern Gateway and Keystone XL pipelines are still to be determined. Even a final approval from Ottawa on Northern Gateway won\u2019t seal the deal; this year is sure to bring court challenges and civil opposition to Enbridge\u2019s proposal.<\/p>\n

The Keystone XL ball remains in the United States\u2019 court and, if the deadlock of 2013 is any indication, it will remain there for at least the next year.<\/p>\n

2014 is almost certain to bring an election to an already politically tumultuous Quebec. If the governing Parti Quebecois win a majority it would mean another separation referendum, a mess that most of my generation is too young to remember.<\/p>\n

2013 was a heck of a year in Canadian politics, but it won\u2019t hold a candle to what we\u2019re in for in the coming months.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Not every Canadian finds politics riveting. The past year, however, rocked many a political world with its scandals, shake-ups, and election upsets. And, yet, for all the excitement of 2013, this year promises even more. Let\u2019s recap 2013: right here at home, the BC Liberals shocked everyone with a sweeping election win, to the chagrin […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,119],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8429","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-columns","category-january-8-2014"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t