How many leaders will COVID blowback claim?

The wider question is how many other leaders in Canada will see their careers short-circuited as a result of the anti-COVID frustrations that right-wing extremists exploited to create a chaotic political explosion.

Ottawa police chief Peter Sloly, left, unfortunately was clearly the wrong person at the wrong time, polls show a loss of support for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as a result of all this, and the unpredictable chain of events initiated by some alt-right, Trump-loving populists in Western Canada a month ago could also upend the leadership hopes of Conservative MP Pierre Poilievre, writes Les Whittington. Photograph courtesy of Twitter, The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and Sam Garcia

Opinion

BY LES WHITTINGTON

February 16, 2022

OTTAWA—Eventually we’ll find out how and why the Ottawa police managed to inspire an outpouring of illegal vehicle blockades and anti-government marches around the world. Ottawa police chief Peter Sloly unfortunately was clear...

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