Now is the summer of our discontent

It’s almost impossible this summer to escape or to ignore the hard cold realities of what’s currently going on in the world, but it's a good time to fundraise, writes Gerry Nicholls.

Money and politics: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Conservative interim leader Candice Bergen, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet, and Green Party interim leader Amita Kuttner. It’s almost impossible this summer to escape or to ignore the hard, cold realities of what’s currently going on in the world, writes Gerry Nicholls. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and Sam Garcia

Opinion

BY GERRY NICHOLLS

July 20, 2022

OAKVILLE, ONT.—It should go without saying that 2022 hasn’t exactly been a typical year, which also means this hasn’t exactly been a typical summer. Of course, during a typical summer people tend to temporarily put aside their worldly concerns. Nobody wants to worry about national trade defi...

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