You are getting sleepy, very sleepy—every time Trudeau speechifies 

Put Justin Trudeau behind a podium and it is death by boredom. The content of his much-anticipated speeches is invariably banal, his style of delivery artificial—slavishly faithful to some departed Oxford don’s idea of Great Oratory. And, unlike Stephen Harper, Trudeau doesn’t set out to be boring.
GATINEAU, QUE.—Behind the scenes, various reports suggest, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is not the amiably vague politician he appears to be in many public appearances. He can be decisive, say those who has seen him in action, with a firm idea of where he wants his government to go. But put the ...

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