The real populist question

Do we have a politician in this country who can take on the role of populist champion and thus exploit for political gain any resentment that might be percolating in our Dominion? Certainly some are trying to go that route.

The most blatant populist wannabe, of course, is Conservative leadership candidate Kellie Leitch, whose campaign strategy can be described as a continuous diatribe against the 'elites,' writes Gerry Nicholls. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

Opinion

BY GERRY NICHOLLS

March 20, 2017

OAKVILLE, ONT.—When it comes to the phenomenon known as “populism,” political observers in this country keep asking the wrong question. In the editorial pages of newspapers, in magazine articles, on TV public affairs shows, journalists, academics, and pundits keep wondering aloud if populism ...

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