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Liberals in Canada Facing Difficulties as Election Looms

Liberals in Canada Facing Difficulties as Election Looms
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and First Lady of Canada Sophie Gregoire Trudeau wave as they get off a plane on their arrival to Buenos Aires for G-20 Leaders' Summit 2018 at Ministro Pistarini International Airport in Ezeiza, Buenos Aires, Argentina on Nov. 29, 2018. Daniel Jayo/Getty Images
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There is an old saw that the Opposition doesn’t defeat governments; governments defeat themselves.

The Canadian Liberal Party appears to be making a major effort to transmute this hoary maxim into a current political reality.