MacKay’s got a bigger problem than Erin O’Toole and bad French: Justin Trudeau

COVID-19 has changed Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as a political leader, and that's not good news for Peter MacKay.

Conservative leadership candidate Peter MacKay, pictured in this file photograph on the Hill, is considered the party's leadership front-runner. But there is an even bigger problem for Mr. MacKay than Erin O’Toole, bad French, sinking the Progressive Party of Canada, and a checkered past as a Harper cabinet minister: Justin Trudeau, writes Michael Harris. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY Michael Harris

May 4, 2020

HALIFAX—Poor Peter MacKay. Five years ago, he made the strategic decision not to run in the 2015 election. In the business, it is called keeping your powder dry. MacKay knew that prime minister Stephen Harper had worn out his welcome with Canadians, and that the CPC would almost certainly go down...

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