Lame duck is a technical term in politics. It’s not meant as a disparaging term. It means an outgoing politician or government who is operating in a kind of “in

Lame duck is a technical term in politics. It’s not meant as a disparaging term. It means an outgoing politician or government who is operating in a kind of “interregnum period.” It’s usually a time when politicians get involved with lower priority laws, special interests, and other such things they never touch when they’ve just won an election with a strong mandate. Sure, you might argue that the Liberal party hasn’t been defeated in an election so they’re not technically a lame duck government yet. But my point is that they see the writing on the wall and they’re behaving like one. This is what I think explains the recent anti-tech laws. They’re doing their old media friends “a solid” before they leave office.