Trudeau, the Mr. Dressup of Canadian politics

If anyone wants a reason to kick Justin Trudeau out of office, they don’t need dog-eared photos from an old yearbook. Just read the ethics commissioner’s report and read it as if the country’s future depended upon it. Which, of course, it does.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured Sept. 17, 2019, in Cardigan, P.E.I. The proof that most people, aided and abetted by a candy-floss mainstream media, don’t give much of a hoot about complex policy matters. But they love a good gotcha moment. Justin Trudeau’s brownface, blackface, redface fiasco is perfect for the new news. Don’t get me wrong. There is much for the Mr. Dress Up of Canadian politics to be ashamed of here, but this is not it, writes Michael Harris. Photograph courtesy of Justin Trudeau's Twitter

Opinion

BY MICHAEL HARRIS

September 23, 2019

HALIFAX—A long time ago, a Liberal MP told me he was not supporting Justin Trudeau for the leadership of the party. At that time, Trudeau was a cross between a rock-star and a political messiah-in-waiting for the then battered Grits. So I wondered why this particular MP had peeled away from the p...

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