All MPs should work together to put a lid on the hatred, don’t stoke it

Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino, pictured June 21, 2022, on the Hill talking to reporters.
In 1992, when the federal government shut down the cod fishing industry in Newfoundland, putting 30,000 people out of work, Mulroney-era cabinet minister John Crosbie confronted a crowd of angry fishermen by a dock in his riding. In the now infamous news clip, Crosbie is seen surrounded by the fishe...

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