Election campaigns, music, and ‘Takin’ Care of (copyright) Business’

Political candidates may be tempted to make a grand entrance to the dulcet sounds of their favourite Canadian artist. But they run the risk of winning a seat in a courthouse rather than in the House of Commons.

OTTAWA—When Donald Trump launched his recent bid for the U.S. presidency, he made his entrance to the soaring notes of Neil Young’s 1989 classic, Rockin’ in the Free World. His entrance was made all the more dramatic because i...

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