The political brawl over 'woke' is about everything and nothing

Addressing the Liberal Party convention in Ottawa last week, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau invoked some of the criticism his government has gotten lately from the Conservative opposition.

“They either say investing in Canadians is a waste of money or that our policies are too woke,” he said. “Too woke?”

He continued, directing his gaze at the TV camera perched on a riser in the middle of the room: “Hey, Pierre Poilievre. It’s time for you to wake up.”

The crowd in the convention hall cheered as Trudeau listed a series of policies that were, in his telling, merely good and sensible.

Those Liberals may have been pleased to hear their leader pushing back against this line of attack. And Trudeau

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