Memo to Kellie Leitch: Don’t copy Donald Trump

Can the same divisive rhetoric Trump employed resonate with more than a sliver of Canadian voters? Far-fetched, at best.

Kellie Leitch, left, aligning her political aspirations with Donald Trump’s surprise presidential victory in the hopes of replicating his success in Canada will end only in defeat and disappointment, argues Evan Sotiropoulos.The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright & photograph courtesy Gage Skidmore

Opinion

BY EVAN SOTIROPOULOS

November 17, 2016

TORONTO—A 2010 Stanford business school study argued that negative product reviews actually increase sales for a company when it is relatively unknown. This is because, the argument goes, any publicity increases product awareness (although negative reviews for well-known products have the opposite...

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