Town halls do reveal voter issues

Inasmuch as the town halls succeeded in changing the narrative or at least in providing a temporary diversion from the troubles that await the Liberals once the House reopens later this month they have for the most part been decreed to be a strategic success for the government.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured Jan. 10, 2018, at a town hall discussion in Hamilton, Ont.
There may come a time when Justin Trudeau falls out of love with the open town halls that are becoming a yearly feature of his tenure as prime minister. When the mood of the country sours on a government, challengers are not as easily turned into enablers. It does not take a huge amount of institu...

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