Like a rolling stone, Trudeau continues to roll over opponents

But those photo-ops. They appeal to a constituency—a constituency of the soul, perhaps—that may be underestimated in size and influence by pundits and pollsters.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured July 21, 2017, with is son Hadrian, and Liberal MPs Bernadette Jordan and MP Colin Fraser in Shelburne, N.S. PMO photograph by Adam Scotti

Opinion

BY SUSAN RILEY

July 31, 2017

GATINEAU, QUE.—Freed from the tendentious and often tedious rituals of Question Period, Justin Trudeau appears to be having a wonderful summer. He is everywhere: hugging drag queens at Halifax’s gay pride parade; enjoying the white sand of Nova Scotia’s Kejimkujik National Park; canoeing in no...

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