Play celebrity games, win celebrity-scandal prizes

Time will tell if lessons have been learned by this Hollywood Squares-inclined bunch. Sometimes good governing can be accomplished with a little boredom and septuagenarian savvy.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s celebrity blind spot has produced more than a few embarrassments for the government, writes Tim Powers.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY TIM POWERS

January 27, 2021

OTTAWA—Goodbye, governor general Julie Payette, we hardly knew you. Well, in fact that was the case of those who apparently were tasked with vetting and appointing the now-former GG to her just-departed role. Seemingly being blinded by the symbolic appeal of choosing a well-known, well-educated, ...

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