The dozen who will dominate politics in 2016
1. Justin Trudeau (Montreal/Ottawa)
An activist prime minister with a brimming agenda, Trudeau will lead a team in 2016 that will move on files as disparate as physician-assisted dying, climate change, marijuana legalization, electoral reform and missing and murdered aboriginal women.
The days of incrementalism in Ottawa are over. The Liberal government promises fundamental, transformative change and Trudeau enters the year riding a wave of popularity at home and star-struck attention abroad.
Canadians have invested much in the new prime minister. In the coming year he will try to deliver, but he will have to grapple with inflated expectations and the reality of day-to-day, post-honeymoon governing.
2. Rachel Notley (Edmonton)
The Alberta NDP premier ended the year with problems at home, facing down opposition to a bill setting mandatory health and safety standards for paid farm workers. She is sagging in the polls and an energy industry royalty review is coming up in 2016.
If she can weather the ongoing blowback in a province suffering under plummeting oil prices, she will be the natural leader in federal-provincial climate talks scheduled for early in the year. If she can ascend to that leadership role representing Alberta, she will pull other would-be laggards with her.
Notley will need to be tenacious because more economic pain is sure to head Alberta’s way in 2016. Regardless, she is the country’s most powerful New Democrat.
3. Naheed Nenshi (Calgary)
4. Brad Wall (lol)
5. Bill Morneau (Toronto/Ottawa)
6. Lisa Raitt (Milton, Ont./Ottawa)
7. Jody Wilson-Raybould (Vancouver/Ottawa)
8. Jason Kenney (Calgary/Ottawa)
9. Perry Bellegarde (Fort Qu’Appelle, Sask./Ottawa)
10. Nathan Cullen (Smithers, B.C./Ottawa)
11. Kathleen Wynne (Toronto)
12. Carolyn Bennett (Toronto/Ottawa)
http://m.thestar.com/#/article/news...ill-dominate-politics-in-2016-tim-harper.html
1. Justin Trudeau (Montreal/Ottawa)
An activist prime minister with a brimming agenda, Trudeau will lead a team in 2016 that will move on files as disparate as physician-assisted dying, climate change, marijuana legalization, electoral reform and missing and murdered aboriginal women.
The days of incrementalism in Ottawa are over. The Liberal government promises fundamental, transformative change and Trudeau enters the year riding a wave of popularity at home and star-struck attention abroad.
Canadians have invested much in the new prime minister. In the coming year he will try to deliver, but he will have to grapple with inflated expectations and the reality of day-to-day, post-honeymoon governing.
2. Rachel Notley (Edmonton)
The Alberta NDP premier ended the year with problems at home, facing down opposition to a bill setting mandatory health and safety standards for paid farm workers. She is sagging in the polls and an energy industry royalty review is coming up in 2016.
If she can weather the ongoing blowback in a province suffering under plummeting oil prices, she will be the natural leader in federal-provincial climate talks scheduled for early in the year. If she can ascend to that leadership role representing Alberta, she will pull other would-be laggards with her.
Notley will need to be tenacious because more economic pain is sure to head Alberta’s way in 2016. Regardless, she is the country’s most powerful New Democrat.
3. Naheed Nenshi (Calgary)
4. Brad Wall (lol)
5. Bill Morneau (Toronto/Ottawa)
6. Lisa Raitt (Milton, Ont./Ottawa)
7. Jody Wilson-Raybould (Vancouver/Ottawa)
8. Jason Kenney (Calgary/Ottawa)
9. Perry Bellegarde (Fort Qu’Appelle, Sask./Ottawa)
10. Nathan Cullen (Smithers, B.C./Ottawa)
11. Kathleen Wynne (Toronto)
12. Carolyn Bennett (Toronto/Ottawa)
http://m.thestar.com/#/article/news...ill-dominate-politics-in-2016-tim-harper.html
