Provincial ministers’ summer gabfest hands Trudeau a gift he could not refuse

A political pot fight is just what Justin Trudeau needs to shore up his left flank.

People smoking weed on the Hill on April 20, 2017. The Trudeau team's pot promise taps into a broad swathe of millennial voters whose recreational vice of choice is marijuana. That younger voting cohort is spread across the country, and very motivated to punish any party that stands in the way of the legalization timetable. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

Opinion

BY SHEILA COPPS

July 24, 2017

OTTAWA—The pot thickens. The provincial ministers annual summer gabfest handed the prime minister a gift he could not refuse. A political pot fight is just what Justin Trudeau needs to shore up his left flank. Traditional New Democratic voters across the country fled their party to support the ...

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