The scenes of political violence in the US are saddening and disheartening. Canadians are fortunate that we don’t experience the same level of violence as the US – but are we heading in that direction?

Yesterday, San Jose Sharks player Logan Couture said he was sucker-punched in a Toronto bar because he said if he was American, he would vote for Trump.

True North’s Anthony Furey says it’s disappointing that people become infuriated and resort to violence when they learn someone doesn’t share the same political views they hold.

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