When disaster strikes, real leaders set aside political opportunity, partisanship

Often in politics we write and talk about division, but Humboldt has shown us much about the power of unity and the common goal to go on.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale, Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe, and Humboldt Mayor Rob Muench were among the politicians who rose to the occasion after last weekend’s tragedy, writes Tim Powers. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and screenshot courtesy Global News

Opinion

BY TIM POWERS

April 11, 2018

OTTAWA—The terrible bus crash in northeast Saskatchewan involving the Humboldt Broncos junior hockey team has broken a nation’s heart. Fifteen souls, most of them 20 years of age or younger, were taken from their loved ones in the blink of an eye on a journey to compete in a playoff hockey game....

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