Don’t count your ballot-box questions before they’ve hatched

Despite the best efforts of political parties, aided by media narratives, one simple question doesn’t influence the entirety of the electorate.

Liberal leadership candidate Chrystia Freeland has positioned herself as being the best foil for the U.S. president, but that may be too premature a posture, writes Tim Powers. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY TIM POWERS

February 12, 2025

OTTAWA—There is no doubt United States President Donald Trump is dominating and shaping the current global political discourse. In Canada, his whiplash-inducing pronouncements have us spinning trying to figure out what is next.

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