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Both the Pierre Poilievre, left, Conservatives and the Mark Carney, right, Liberals will condemn the actions of U.S. President Donald Trump, but this is where their agreement ends, writes Josie Sabatino. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade, Sam Garcia, and courtesy of Gage Skidmore/Wikimedia Commons, illustration by The Hill Times’ Neena Singhal

Opinion

BY JOSIE SABATINO

March 19, 2025

OTTAWA—It’s been almost four years since Canadians last headed to the polls to cast a vote in a federal election. Despite the new crop of party leaders for both the Conservatives and the Liberals, the landscape is beginning to look strikingly familiar. As was the case wi...

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