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We shouldn’t be surprised when a swastika-defaced Canadian flag is unfurled at an event with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, as it was in Quebec City earlier this month, writes Avi Benlolo. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY AVI BENLOLO

January 24, 2018

On Jan. 18, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was heckled at his town hall meeting in Quebec City by a man who held up an upside down Canadian flag with a swastika drawn on it. The man was removed from the room, but the pain of that episode remains. No matter your political viewpoint, holding up a swast...

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