A merciful end to a fractious (but not all bad) election

Monday’s outcome will be a verdict on the shameless brand of Trumpian politics that crept into this campaign. Does it work, or does a fair-minded, open-hearted, slow-to-judgment country assert itself and say 'enough'?

In fact, candidates from all parties—notably Michelle Rempel, Catherine McKenna and Lisa Raitt, but many others—threw themselves into campaigning with gusto and good cheer.The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and files

Opinion

BY SUSAN RILEY

October 21, 2019

CHELSEA, QUE.—Let’s take a look at the sunny side of election 2019 now that it is coming to a merciful end. This could take longer than you think. Judging by advance polls, it appears that more people voted, and may be voting today, than usual. That speaks to a tight race, a healthy democracy, ...

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