An election where the past haunted the present

Anyway, what’s happened in this election should be a cautionary tale for anyone thinking about making a career in politics. Mistakes you make now in 2019 could hurt you in 2030.

It's been a real slice: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer both learned some tough lessons in the election campaign, writes Gerry Nicholls. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY GERRY NICHOLLS

October 21, 2019

OAKVILLE, ONT.—If the 2019 federal election has taught us anything (and it probably hasn’t) it’s that political parties need some genius scientist to invent a time machine. After all, such a machine would be mighty useful for all the politicians out there who, if they could, would go back in ...

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