Is Canada’s politics part of the problem?

Provincial and federal politicians are held to a higher standard of ethics, leadership and inclusion. Politicians are not supposed to denigrate one group in order to pacify another. That type of behaviour is well down the road to rogue-state territory.

Former NDP MP Charlie Angus, pictured on his YouTube channel on May 24, 2026, said 'Politicians who gaslight, politicians who misrepresent facts, politicians who use serious issues of public safety and public concerns in order to spin a message, a falsehood and that creates cynicism. When you create cynicism, people stop believing in government.'Screen shot courtesy of YouTube

Opinion

BY ROSE LEMAY

June 1, 2026

OTTAWA—On May 24, former NDP MP Charlie Angus said on his Meidas Canada Network YouTube channel: “politicians who gaslight, politicians who misrepresent facts, politicians who use serious issues of public safety and public concerns in order to spin a message, a falsehood...

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