All politics is local, as the old saying goes, especially in an election year. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau stands during question period in the House of Commons in the West Block of Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Jan. 29, 2019. Article Continued BelowThe contrast all on its own spoke volumes about the old schism between the Liberal and Conservative “base,” such as it has traditionally been in Canada: urban Liberals and rural Conservatives. On Tuesday, for instance, the prime minister released the marching orders he’s given to his newly minted minister of rural economic development. The prime minister is taking his town-hall road show to Milton, Ont.

Source: thestar January 30, 2019 21:33 UTC