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Opinion

BY LES WHITTINGTON

October 12, 2016

OTTAWA—A year ago on Thanksgiving morning, Justin Trudeau headed out into the last stretch of the election campaign. One of the first stops was a strip mall in the Ottawa suburbs, where the parking lot was unexpectedly packed with cars and people that bright holiday morning. The election was stil...

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