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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, centre, will be fending off Conservative Party leader Andrew Scheer, left, and the NDP’s Jagmeet Singh, right, in 2019. But the opposition leaders need to gain name recognition first, says Tim Powers. The Hill Times file photograph and photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY TIM POWERS

December 13, 2017

OTTAWA—It’s hard to believe, but Canada’s 150th anniversary is almost done; it seems like it has gone by in a flash. It has been a year of significant change on the federal political front: for the first time since he has been prime minister, Justin Trudeau now knows who will compet...

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