Crisis or not, Canada’s right-wing sticks with the politics of anger and division

The Trump-derived anti-WHO, anti-China thrust may keep the Conservatives’ right-wing supporters in Western Canada on-side, but is unlikely to be acceptable among Canadian voters as a whole.

Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer, pictured at a West Block press conference on April 20, always seemed to be trying to channel a bit of Donald Trump’s populist appeal, has seized on the issue of China’s handling of the outbreak as a way to slam the Liberals today.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY LES WHITTINGTON

April 22, 2020

OTTAWA—Despite the need for the country to pull together in this emergency, Canada’s right-wingers appear incapable of resisting a Donald Trump-style campaign of inflammatory, xenophobic hype designed to spark anger and divide Canadians. At the federal level, it’s obvious the Conservative can...

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