Criticisms against Trudeau’s nannies, wife’s extra help wrongheaded

This debate reminds me of the one about the spending habits of our Senators. The debate is about rules that don’t exist.

If Sophie Grégoire Trudeau wants to have a higher profile and needs more help, that's reasonable. However, she must accept that her performance will be judged just like other public officials, writes Angelo Persichilli.The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

Opinion

BY ANGELO PERSICHILLI

May 23, 2016

TORONTO—The dispute over the two nannies for Justin Trudeau’s children and now more staff for his wife, Sophie Grégoire Trudeau, is wrong in form and futile in substance. This is not about money; one or two salaries will not have a major impact on the huge fiscal deficit and the increasing na...

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