It’s populism or bust as Poilievre vies to bring Canada its own Trumpian moment

Is it really necessary to use the foreign interference issue to peremptorily label the prime minister a traitor acting in the interests of a foreign dictatorship?

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre’s repeated drive-by smears accusing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of colluding with China are an obvious attempt to whip up conspiracy thinking about the legitimacy of the 2019 and 2021 federal elections, writes Les Whittington. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY LES WHITTINGTON

March 22, 2023

OTTAWA—If there’s a conspiracy theory more beguiling than an allegedly crooked election, it escapes notice.

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