To err is human; to be relatable, politically wise

Who would have guessed that during the COVID-19 crisis we would have seen Trudeau and Ford sharing similar patterns of behaviour? I guess that is what you call the new normal.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Ontario Premier Doug Ford, pictured addressing media on May 7 and Nov. 21, 2019, respectively. Both are making a virtue of behaving like some of the rest of us have in this crisis, and demonstrating that highly valuable political tool of relatability, writes Tim Powers.The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY TIM POWERS

May 13, 2020

OTTAWA—“To err is human; to forgive, divine,” or so goes the well-known English proverb. Justin Trudeau and Doug Ford are living embodiments of that truth. Both are making a virtue of behaving like some of the rest of us have in this crisis, and demonstrating that highly valuable political too...

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