Why accuracy and facts count

When information and related issues of credibility no longer shape public discourse, democracy winds up being defined by theatrics, misinformation, ultra-partisanship, and hate-mongering.

The Conservatives, led by Erin O’Toole, who is pictured on March 2, can’t be said to have steered clear of the internet craziness that has contributed to extremism and violence in the U.S.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY LES WHITTINGTON

March 10, 2021

OTTAWA—With Republicans doing everything they could in the U.S. Congress to hold up passage of a COVID-19 aid package, Sen. Ron Johnson forced Senate clerks to spend 10 hours and 43 minutes last week reading the entire 628-page bill into the Congressional record. The US$1.9 trillion relief packag...

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