Trudeau’s starting to act like Harper, and that’s not a good thing

Stephen Harper’s government muzzled scientists. Justin Trudeau’s government instead wants federal employees to be hand puppets mouthing the sanitized words of the master. They’re more alike than you might think.

For a government that was elected in part because it was going to encourage varied viewpoints, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberals in some respects share characteristics of the Conservatives they defeated, argues Tim Powers. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY TIM POWERS

March 28, 2018

OTTAWA—In some strange ways Justin Trudeau’s government is starting to behave a bit like the old regime of Stephen Harper. Specifically, the Liberals are going on needless, unhelpful political journeys that in the long run serve to irritate current and potential supporters. Earlier this year th...

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