Yet, the ugly tenor of the campaign should not have been a surprise to the leaders. In early October, 2018, Trudeau predicted that the 2019 campaign would be ‘nasty.” Weeks later, Scheer followed with similar language. It was followed by leaders shouting over each other while viewers fumed at the spectacle. As intense campaigning gives way to the difficult realities of governing, the leaders’ language and tone must change. After such a dispiriting campaign, all the leaders would be wise to keep their language temperate on Monday night, not just for national unity but for their own political fortunes.

Source: thestar October 20, 2019 10:08 UTC