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It's the Atwal effect and nobody's immune
http://www.cbc.ca/beta/news/politics/atwal-sikh-trudeau-conservatives-1.4559830Terry Milewski at CBC News
"SNIP......
The tsunami is spreading far from the epicentre of the Jaspal Atwal earthquake. And it doesn't discriminate between political parties.
The Liberals, of course, have been the ones swept farthest out to sea. A week after Atwal — a former wannabe hitman for the Sikh separatist cause — was summoned to dine with Justin Trudeau in India, the prime minister and his national security adviser were neck-deep and clinging to a conspiracy theory.
It was an Indian plot, they said, meant to make us look soft on separatism. So far, the theory isn't selling well.
But are the Conservatives and the NDP still high and dry? Not exactly. Take the case of the Conservatives first.
.......SNIP"
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