Would-be PMs offer radical change, regression, or have-it-both-ways comfort

If you want someone who says he can both cut taxes and increase spending, then Justin Trudeau is your man, writes Michael Harris.

Four of the six national party leaders are running candidates across Canada and polling with broad public support: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, and Green Party Leader Elizabeth May. Maxime Bernier's People's Party is also running candidates across Canada, and Yves-François Blanchet's Bloc Québécois is expected to win a sizable chunk of seats in Quebec.The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY MICHAEL HARRIS

October 21, 2019

HALIFAX—So E-Day is here at last. Five people want to be prime minister, however long the odds. Here are my impressions of what each of them would bring to the job. One of them, Maxime Bernier of the People’s Party of Canada, wants to make Canada great again. Enough said. Only one of them has...

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