Making sense of Trudeau’s cash-for-access scandal

As fans of Asia's durian fruit know, smell doesn't tell you everything. While the durian smells like putrid gym socks, its flesh is succulent and sweet. It is a reminder that things aren't always as they seem.
On May 19, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau attended a Liberal party fundraising soirée at the home of a wealthy Chinese-Canadian.
On May 19, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau attended a Liberal party fundraising soirée at the home of a wealthy Chinese-Canadian. Canadian citizens who attended paid $1,500 each for the privilege. By law, foreigners—including an unknown number of Chinese nationals who were there—did not. One at...

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