Trudeau digging himself a hole, broken promise by broken promise

But the prime minister’s apparently bottomless well of platitudes has run dry. On too many signature issues, he is proving to be all talk, no walk.

Despite his widely circulated tweet, boasting of Canada’s openness, Justin Trudeau is resisting opposition pressure to re-instate the wildly successful private sponsorship program, writes Susan Riley. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

Opinion

BY SUSAN RILEY

February 6, 2017

GATINEAU, QUE.—The honeymoon—more like a fairytale, actually—is decidedly over. Given the continued excellence of Justin Trudeau’s hair and the mediocrity of alternative suitors, this will still sound premature to some. But the prime minister’s apparently bottomless well of platitudes has ...

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