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“Sunny ways my friends, sunny ways!”

With those words, Justin Trudeau was able to stroll into the prime minister’s office in 2015. He promised to do politics differently, bring a positive tone and replace the harsh, negative view that he said was the hallmark of Stephen Harper and the Conservatives.

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What a difference a few years makes.

If I were to sum up the message Trudeau is running on now it would go something like this: “Elect me ladies or you will all die from back alley abortions, that’s if a Nazi doesn’t shoot you first!”

That sums up Trudeau’s messages of trying to scare voters about Nazis, guns and a looming abortion ban just this week.

It’s a far cry from the promise of a positive campaign he made just a few months ago.

“We’re going to have to stand in the face of what very likely will be negative, divisive campaigns while we stay positive,” Trudeau promised earlier this year. “Because we know that scaring people and dividing people might lead to short-term electoral gains, but it ends up hurting your capacity to govern for everyone.”