A nasty, dishonest campaign? Blame the media

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Nasty campaign: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer both share the same fear that the next election is going to be the most divisive and nasty one. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY SUSAN RILEY

October 29, 2018

CHELSEA, QUE.—Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is afraid the 2019 election campaign (which has already begun) is going to be “the most divisive and negative and nasty” in Canadian history. Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer shares the same fear: “It's going to get...

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