‘An eroding democracy’: Canada faces difficult dilemma with prospect of convicted Trump in the White House

'Donald Trump would be a disaster for the United States, a disaster for Canada, and a disaster for the world if he came back into office,' says Liberal MP Anthony Housefather.

Now that past—and possibly future—U.S. president Donald Trump, left, has been criminally convicted, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will have to manage the spectre of his return to the White House.Photograph courtesy of Michael Vadon/Flickr and The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY NEIL MOSS

June 5, 2024

With Donald Trump becoming the first president in American history to have been criminally convicted, the Canadian government will have to manage the potential of a felon returning to power, as one expert warns that Canada will have to confront a weakening democracy south of...

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