The most remarkable thing about the Speech from the Throne was its timidity—its vaulting lack of ambition. It's almost as if the Government has decided it's all too hard. Let me compare the Speech from the Throne in 2017 to 2020. In 2017, the Prime Minister talked about an ambitious programme: "In our society today, no one should have to live in a car or on the street. No one should have to beg for their next meal. … That kind of inequality is degrading to us all." And then the kicker: "This will be a government of transformation. It will lift up those who have been forgotten or neglected … This will be a government of aspiration." Fine words. 