Poilievre sounds like he wants to drain the swamp, too

Why does this 'cold' civil war boiling away in America matter to this country? Because the same distemper abroad in the U.S. has already made an appearance here.

Former U.S. president Donald Trump, left, and Canadian Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre. In the U.S., Trump and his MAGA movement have placed themselves above the law, demonized their opponents, declared war on the media, and promised to free Americans from oppressive government, which sounds similar to Poilievre's promises. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons and The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY Michael Harris

October 10, 2022

HALIFAX—It is just a fish story, but it has a moral. Two participants in a fishing derby in Ohio recently stuffed their catch with lead weights to increase its weight. Some $29,000 in prize money was at stake. The cheaters got caught, and the real winners, whose fish wouldn’t trigger a metal de...

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