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Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet may have been a bit over the top when he described Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured in the House on May 13, 2020, as a would-be 'king' of Canada. But he wasn’t too far off the mark, writes David Crane. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY DAVID CRANE

June 22, 2020

TORONTO—Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet may have been a bit over the top when he described Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as a would-be “king” of Canada. But he wasn’t too far off the mark. Trudeau’s disregard for Parliament and the proper role of MPs as representatives sen...

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