Trudeau’s loyalty to SNC-Lavalin has tainted the Liberal brand

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has put an ugly end to his new and different way of doing politics.

Now there is more to the public unhappiness than the vicissitudes of governing. With 10-thumbed incompetence, Justin Trudeau has tainted the Liberal brand by mixing it with the brand of a company whose own past and reputation is damaged by corruption, writes Michael Harris. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY MICHAEL HARRIS

April 8, 2019

HALIFAX—With the House of Commons full of young women, the last thing Justin Trudeau expected was to have 50 of them turn their backs on him while he was speaking. This PM expects selfies, not shunning. Quibbles about just how many of the 338 Daughters of the Vote tuned out the PM and why aside,...

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