Lack of leadership to unite Canadians could bring in American-style divisive politics in Canada, warn political insiders

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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured on Parliament Hill in Feb. 24, 2022. Political insiders say they don't see any federal party leader on the horizon at this time who can bring the country together.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY ABBAS RANA

March 21, 2022

The lack of leadership at the federal level to unite Canadian could bring in American-style divisive politics in the country which means politics will be a lot more about emotion and less about finding the best way forward, warn political insiders. “It means we move along to the same path, the Am...

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