So far, so relatively sane

With the disclaimer that these days, the 48 hours between filing and press time can produce a multitude of dumpster fires, our federal election actually seems pretty normal so far.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured Sept. 11 at Rideau Hall to make the official election call. So far in the 43rd federal election campaign, we seem to have mercifully dodged the sort of outrageousness that has stalked elections in other democracies, writes Lisa Van Dusen.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY LISA VAN DUSEN

September 18, 2019

At the one-week mark of Canada’s 43rd federal election campaign, we seem to have mercifully dodged the sort of outrageousness that has stalked elections in other democracies. Nobody has proposed a minimum height requirement for immigrants, vowed to annex St-P...

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