ANALYSIS: Key Legislative Areas Parties Will Focus on in the Coming Year

The Liberals’ upcoming legislative agenda will prioritize passing the latest budget, delivering the fall economic statement, and moving through several progressive bills, according to a number of political pundits. The Conservatives, meanwhile, are likely to continue efforts to eliminate the carbon tax and focus on other “meat-and-potatoes” economic issues, they say. “It’s pretty clear coming out of the budget that the [Liberals’] legislative priorities will be to deliver on a progressive agenda that connects, especially with young people,” said Nik Nanos, chief data scientist at Nanos Research, in an interview. “For a prime minister who in 2015 was really catapulted into majority territory with young people, it looks like this government wants to recapture those voters.”...