Mr. Prime Minister, meet George Costanza

What we have witnessed in recent weeks has been a tortured series of dodges, weaves and reversals on the part of the prime minister as he tried to explain recycled reports that he allegedly groped a female reporter during an outdoor summer festival in 2000.
Where Prime Minister Justin Trudeau goes after the muddled mess he has left the #MeToo movement in is unclear, writes Kathleen Finlay.
TORONTO—That loud beep, beep, beep you’ve been hearing is the sound of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau backing up and rolling over the #MeToo gains of the past several months—his own contributions included. Victims of sexual misconduct have especially heard the crashing of the progress that had ...

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