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KAMOURASKA, QUE.—So much for “Sunny ways.” When Justin Trudeau took Wilfrid Laurier’s slogan as his own in the election of 2015, I was encouraged he might copy one of the most popular leaders in Canadian history. Laurier won four consecutive elections to serve 15 years as prime minister, and was an MP for 45 years, both long-standing records. It was said Laurier succeeded because he maintained his positive disposition, seeking out the best in people and working toward compromise.
While his own party has been accused of being the tool of Chinese agents who allegedly ensured party nominations, he turned the tables on the opposition with a declaration, “I have the names of a number of parliamentarians in the Conservative Party of Canada … who are engaged in foreign interference.” To me, this sounded like demagogic 1950s American senator Joseph McCarthy who claimed to have a “list of names” of public servants who were communists. Then on Oct.
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