I think this opinion piece also from the Globe and Mail, sums it up pretty well.
To India, to make sure the shallow politicking is a bipartsan thing
Quote:
Justin Trudeau’s botched trip to India in February was always ill-conceived because it revolved around lazy diplomatic tropes and shallow politicking to domestic audiences – now Andrew Scheer is going to compound the mistake.
The Conservative Leader’s news release blared that Mr. Scheer will go on a nine-day mission this fall to “repair and strengthen Canada-India relations,” and made it pretty clear the main point is to show up Mr. Trudeau for his gaffe-filled February visit.
Mr. Scheer is taking the whole sophomoric problem with Mr. Trudeau’s trip and running with it.
The first issue is that Mr. Scheer isn’t going anywhere to repair relations with anyone – at least not yet. He’s the Leader of the Opposition, and he doesn’t speak for the government of Canada.
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