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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau needs to crank up the feminist agenda to a pitch from which it can never be rolled back, by anyone, writes Bhagwant Sandhu. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY BHAGWANT SANDHU

October 13, 2022

OTTAWA—Two months before he became prime minister in 2015, Justin Trudeau declared: “I am a feminist. I’m proud to be a feminist.” He was widely ridiculed by right-wing groups and mocked by members of the Conservative Party. Thanks to Trudeau’s persistence, however, Canada is now regarded ...

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