Anthony Furey: The Targeting of Jamil Jivani

Commentary It wasn’t a good look, to put it mildly. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau spoke to his caucus the other day to feed them their latest attack lines. These lines included a dog whistle against a popular young politician, Jamil Jivani, who is running to be the Conservative MP in the swing-riding of Durham. Trudeau was going on a rant against the new additions to the Conservative family under leader Pierre Poilievre—both those who have won recent by-elections and upcoming candidates. What Trudeau clearly hoped and thought he was doing was claiming that these up-and-comers are too politically extreme. Instead, he made himself look out of touch and afraid of the dynamic young voices who are rallying behind Poilievre....