It’s okay for partisans to be nice

In this day and age, we’re so conditioned to see Liberals and Conservatives tear each other apart in public that when we see civility, it surprises us.

John Baird, left, and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. It says something about the nature of politics today, that when a Conservative says something nice about a Liberal, it makes headlines, writes Gerry Nicholls. The Hill Times photographs by Sam Garcia and Jake Wright

Opinion

BY GERRY NICHOLLS

July 27, 2023

OAKVILLE, ONT.—It says something about the nature of politics today that when a Conservative says something nice about a Liberal, it actually makes headlines.

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