Liam Richards: Thomas Walkom and Affairs Columnist

liam richards: But as the Star reported in September, a Forum Research poll found that 67 per cent of Canadians agree with her, according to Toronto Star. Liam Richards / THE CANADIAN PRESS By Thomas Walkom National Affairs Columnist Mon., Nov. 14, 2016 If there was any doubt about the power of right-wing populism, Donald Trump victory has dispelled it. It is commonplace in the punditocracy to dismiss Conservative leadership candidate Kellie Leitch demand that immigrants pass a so-called Canadian values test before being admitted into the country, writes Thomas Walkom. The populist right is on a roll in France, Italy, Scandinavia, Holland and Eastern Europe. And now a right-wing populist is president-elect of the United States. During Britain bruising debate over membership in the European Union, the populist right best articulated the anxieties of those who felt excluded. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.