Trudeau’s promises, promises, promises

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who remains extremely popular after one year in office, is already creeping away from commitments that were either hasty, unimportant, or are now largely forgotten.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured Oct. 2, 2016 on Parliament Hill at a vigil for murdered and missing indigenous women and girls, is on dangerous ground when it comes to abandoning, nuancing or side-stepping his heartfelt promises to First Nations—not to fix everything overnight, but to deal with them respectfully, nation to nation, writes Susan Riley. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

Opinion

BY SUSAN RILEY

October 24, 2016

GATINEAU, QUE.—All politicians make promises, but those who survive know which ones to break. Justin Trudeau, who remains extremely popular after one year in office, is already creeping away from commitments that were either hasty, unimportant, or are now largely forgotten. They won’t be forgot...

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