No competition for Trudeau, in a crazy political moment

The lunatics are in charge of the asylum down south and the only safe response is the one Trudeau and his people have adopted: remain calm, answer absurd accusation with quiet argument and wait for the storm to pass. In this, he will have Canadians on his side.

Kevin O’Learyended his long-distance campaign for the Conservative Party leadership last week, after skipping almost every debate (but never missing a U.S. television gig). The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

Opinion

BY SUSAN RILEY

May 1, 2017

GATINEAU, QUE.—After an extraordinarily eventful week in politics, we are down to two main choices: Justin Trudeau or the crazy people. One of the crazy people, Kevin O’Leary, ended his long-distance campaign for the Conservative Party leadership last week, after skipping almost every debate (b...

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