Canada ripe for populist movement of its own, say politicos at Manning conference

‘We have the conditions for it,’ says columnist Anthony Furey. ‘Eighty per cent of Canadians say that the establishment is out of touch.’

Manning Centre founder Preston Manning, right, told conference participants last week 'The answer is to manifestations of Trumpomania is not Trumpophobia, but political leadership that addresses the root causes of voter alienation and redirects negative political energy into positive ends.'The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

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BY MICAAL AHMED

March 1, 2017

Canada is ripe to see the same kind of populism cropping up in other Western countries take hold here, suggested politicos speaking at last week’s Manning Centre conference in Ottawa. One of the panels there on Friday, "Down with the Elites? Understanding the rise in anti-establishment sentiment...

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