Guns, culture, and politics

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s one-time strategy of getting everyone one to like him, has gradually morphed into a strategy of getting the right people to hate him.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured March 6, 2018, at the University of Ottawa. The debate surrounding the government's gun legislation inevitably results in a battle between urban and rural cultures, writes Gerry Nicholls. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY GERRY NICHOLLS

April 2, 2018

OAKVILLE, ONT.—In case you haven’t noticed, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s political strategy seems to be undergoing a bit of a metamorphosis. What I mean is, Trudeau’s one-time strategy of getting everyone one to like him, has gradually morphed into a strategy of getting the right people ...

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