Freeland’s self-sabotaging comment

Chrystia Freeland’s apology essentially informed Canadians that she really isn’t like 'us,' that she doesn’t understand our economic problems. That’s about as close to self-sabotage as a politician is ever going to get. Still, Freeland can recover. But she needs to talk more like us and less like them.

Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland, pictured recently on the Hill. In the political game of 'Us vs. Them,' politicians must follow one key rule: they should always identify with 'us,' writes Gerry Nicholls. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY GERRY NICHOLLS

November 16, 2022

OAKVILLE, ONT.—In the political game of “Us vs. Them,” politicians must follow one key rule: they should always identify with “us.”

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