Trudeau must overcome the wolves of fear

Yet it won’t be easy for Justin Trudeau to turn this dismal public attitude around, even if Scott Gilmore’s rosy assessment about the state of Canada is totally accurate and realistic.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured at the National Press Theatre in Ottawa on Feb. 21, 2020.
OAKVILLE, ONT.—There’s an old German proverb that says, “Fear makes the wolf look bigger.” And, of course, what that means is we sometimes allow our trepidations, our worries, and our anxieties to magnify how we perceive the problems we face, our mind can convince us that things seem worse ...

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