OTTAWA — The phrase “dog-whistle politics” is most often associated with the right, but Justin Trudeau has been using his own coded language to reach his political base. Blain made the papers in 2015, when she refused to be served by a Muslim woman at a dental clinic in Montreal). Using some subtle political ultrasonics, he equated the behaviour of a notorious swivel-eyed bigot with the Conservative Party of Canada. Scheer and his caucus have the ideal opportunity to course-correct this week — and all signs are they are going to. Hence Trudeau’s use of the dog-whistle and the potential ejection from the Conservative caucus this week of the man who almost became its leader.

Source: National Post August 20, 2018 22:07 UTC