Trudeau once stood for values-based governance

Time after time in real-life situations as prime minister, he has not chosen values to determine his course, except in a breezy, rhetorical way, but a path that looks more and more like Stephen Harper’s. Party and politics first, country second.

If Justin Trudeau, pictured July 31, 2019, in Ottawa, loses the next election, it will not be about broken promises, a dubious trip to a billionaire’s island, or an international reputation that has occasionally led to guffaws.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY MICHAEL HARRIS

August 5, 2019

HALIFAX—If Justin Trudeau loses the next election, it will not be about broken promises, a dubious trip to a billionaire’s island, or an international reputation that has occasionally led to guffaws. It will not be about funny socks, poor attendance in Question Period, or curly locks. And it wi...

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