Good vibrations and the summer of Justin Trudeau

The lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer will create a political environment in Canada that plays to the Liberal Party’s strengths and exposes the opposition parties’ weaknesses.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured in February at an event on Parliament Hill with a fan, can make the odd news headlines in Parliament by sticking his tongue out at the opposition or by elbowing an MP in the chest, but for the most part, the House of Commons just doesn’t suit his hip and trendy style.The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

Opinion

June 13, 2016

OAKVILLE, ONT.—The upcoming summer season will be the best of times; it will be the worst of times. That is, it’ll be the best of times for Liberals and the worst of times for Conservatives and New Democrats. And I’m not just saying that for the purpose of employing a pretentious literary al...

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