Trudeau laments rise of “populist right-wing forces”

Justin Trudeau says “populist right-wing forces” are taking hold in democratic countries around the world, insisting that he chooses to respond to anger by offering “understanding” and “solution.” True North’s Andrew Lawton says it seems like Trudeau is willing to blame his polling unpopularity on anyone and anything other than himself and his record.

A former safe supply advocate, Dr. Sharon Koivu, has now been outspoken about the harms of distributing drugs to those suffering from addiction as a harm reduction tool. In her own city of London, Ont., she has seen patient deaths increase while prescriptions continue to be diverted to the streets. She joins The Andrew Lawton Show to explain how it went so wrong.

While the federal government insists there is no business case for Canadian LNG, foreign heads of state continue to say they’d like to buy LNG and a new export terminal is nearing completion in British Columbia. So what’s the real story? Andrew discusses with Macdonald-Laurier Institute senior fellow Philip Cross.

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