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But the present can be the worst predictor of the future. Politics is full of shocking reversals, unforeseen calamities and personal revelations straight out of the afternoon soaps.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured in this file photo on the Hill, is at the mid-point of his mandate, and retains a comfortable edge in the polls, but the present can be the worst predictor of the future, writes Susan Riley.
GATINEAU, QUE.—At the mid-point of his mandate, Justin Trudeau must be a happy prime minister. He retains a comfortable edge in the polls, he has survived many mostly self-inflicted errors, and, there are no obvious giant killers on the parliamentary horizon. And he keeps winning hea...

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