The fight between Justin Trudeau and Pierre Poilievre was never going to be pretty, but this week both politicians fired off some words that could define not just their own fates, but the state of future Canadian political debate.
Poilievre, the Conservative leader, has gone where few, if any, opposition leaders have gone before, accusing the prime minister and his government of collaborating with a hostile foreign power — China, in this case.
Leaks to the media of Canadian Security Intelligence Service documents about China’s electoral interference, Poilievre contended, are evidence that the country’s top spies are worried about the loyalty of the leader of government.
From the paper that routinely labels conservatives as racists or racist adjacent etc etc
