While key issues divide other societies, Canada has consensus

It’s hard to overstate the contrast between post-election Canada and the pre-election United States.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau intends to set a floor price on carbon so as to try to live up to the Paris climate change pact. That raised hackles in some provincial capitals and in Parliament. But no party is arguing that Canada shouldn't adhere to the Paris agreement.The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

Opinion

BY CHANTAL HÉBERT

October 19, 2016

MONTREAL—Looking back on the year since voters handed Justin Trudeau a majority mandate, it is impossible to overstate the contrast between post-election Canada and the pre-election United States. Much, of course, has already been said about Trudeau’s knack for connecting with people, his relat...

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