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Justin Trudeau and longtime aide Katie Telford say they are “self-financing” their new production company, which aims to change people’s minds via “storytelling.” The two announced their new multimedia entertainment company, Hope & Hard Work, at the Lightbox’s rooftop event space during the Toronto International Film Festival on Friday. They drew a crowd of media and entertainment press and personalities. In an interview with National Post, the former prime minister suggested that stories like the ones he and his former chief of staff will tell can get past ideological defences...