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William Watson: The unfortunate example of Hillary Clinton — Populist trumps unpopular

Justin Trudeau has begun to grate on people the way Secretary Clinton did in 2016

A prime minister celebrating 30 years since coming to office, 60 years since first being elected to Parliament and 90 years on the planet, and a former American first lady and secretary of state who lost one presidential campaign to Barack Obama and a second to Donald Trump may not be the most dynamic duo with which to prove your political party is still leading-edge. It’s especially a problem when the people you put up to interview them — François-Philippe Champagne in the case of former prime minister Jean Chrétien and Chrystia Freeland for former first lady and secretary of state Hillary Clinton — look like they don’t really belong in the same league, even after several years in government.

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