Border security seems to be spooking both Trudeau and Scheer

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Conservative Party Leader Andrew Scheer are sometimes afraid of things they shouldn’t fear, which is leading them to make hasty, ill-advised decisions.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer, pictured in these file photographs, are sometimes afraid of things they shouldn’t fear, which is leading them to make hasty, ill-advised decisions, writes Gerry Nicholls.
OAKVILLE, ONT.—When Franklin Roosevelt became U.S. president during the dark days of a worldwide economic depression, he famously reassured Americans saying, “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” That’s a bit of advice Canada’s political leaders of today would do well to heed. ...

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