Leadership contradictions, affordability, and a redefined Ford among election highlights so far

While Doug Ford may be using Election 2019 to redefine his identity, Canadians are looking to figure out who the real Justin Trudeau is, and why Andrew Scheer looked to inflate his own resume.

Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer and Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Trudeau's blackface mess has served up his opponents with a wonderful ballot question: 'Who is the real Justin Trudeau?' writes Tim Powers. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY TIM POWERS

October 2, 2019

OTTAWA—How do you define excitement? Spoiler. Campaign 2019 is so far not the answer. But hope springs eternal as we hit the halfway mark of the election. If polls are to be believed, if the election ended today, we’d likely have a minority government, probably of the Liberal variety. Were that...

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