Politicians should be real

Politicians should stand by their personal convictions, even if that means swimming against the tide of 'expert' opinion.

NDP Leader Tom Mulcair is a socialist who tried to woo voters in the last election by sounding like anything but a socialist, writes Gerry Nicholls, and maybe that’s why Canadian voters who craved something more exciting gravitated to a politician who offered 'real change' like Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau.The Hill Times photographs by Jake Wright

Opinion

BY GERRY NICHOLLS

October 31, 2016

OAKVILLE, ONT.—“Tear down this wall, Mr. Gorbachev.” That line, delivered as part of Ronald Reagan’s famous “Berlin Wall Speech” of 1987, is probably the most memorable phrase ever uttered in the former U.S. president’s long career. And that’s saying something since Reagan’s care...

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