The need for politicians to state the problem

With all these dark crises looming in the background, Canadians will be looking for hope. All politicians have to do is provide it.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole, Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, and Green Party Leader Annamie Paul.
OAKVILLE, ONT.—Successful politicians are usually good at crisis management, by which I mean, they know how to manage it so that voters believe there’s a crisis. In other words, politicians purposely scare the bejesus out of people by frantically ringing alarm bells about some sort of peril and...

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