Trudeau wants us to believe he hasn’t done nothin’—and it’s an easy sell

We are amazed, but not amused by all the things you say that you'll do. Though much concerned but not involved with decisions that are made by you.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau hasn’t done a damn thing for womxn, Black people, Indigenous people, or people with disabilities. The only people the prime minister succeeds in ‘helping’ are those from his own exalted circles—the status quo cadre of rich and privileged white men, writes Erica Ifill.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY ERICA IFILL

July 29, 2020

OTTAWA—When I was a kid, Saturday mornings were my favourite: my dad would come downstairs, put on his LP of choice and make breakfast. It was from this beginning that my musical tastes began to form. Quincy Jones, Sam Cooke, The Drifters, a lot of Otis Redding (my dad always preferred the soulful...

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