In ‘backdoor socialism’ we trust?

This deal makes the NDP and Liberals look like the adults in the room; the Conservatives look like temperamental teenagers trying to change their curfew time—belligerent. With this deal, Trudeau is no longer the divisive one.

In addition to avoiding snap elections, the agreement also allows two leaders—NDP’s Jagmeet Singh and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau—who are looking a little long in the tooth to gracefully exit politics, writes Erica Ifill. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY ERICA IFILL

March 23, 2022

OTTAWA—Seems like I just dislodged myself enough from Candice Bergen’s socialist backdoor to realize that something just shifted in Canadian politics—and not soon enough. Late Monday night, CBC reported...

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