With year-end interviews, Trudeau takes on a ‘Father Canada’ role to reassure country on what lies ahead, say politicos

While the prime minister effectively reframed difficult questions to get his preferred messages across, his answers on Quebec's Bill 21 and his controversial trip to Tofino were less strong, say strategists. But the PM's year-enders do shed light on the direction he wants to take the country in the coming year.
In contrast with the more "combative" interview style of his father, Pierre Elliot Trudeau, Justin Trudeau's end-of-year conversations with select journalists showed patience and expertise at subtly reframing difficult questions to his benefit, while reassuring Canadians about what the country faces...

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