Trudeau’s in the fight of his life, and it’s time he started acting like it

In this climate, nervous backbenchers, pollsters, and strategists seem to think hitting the 'leadership change' button will improve their fortunes. That would be a mistake.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau needs to hammer home at every opportunity, on every platform, that he gets it, and he’s up to the job.

The history books will show that Justin Trudeau brought the Liberal Party back from the brink of irrelevance in 2015. But there’s a pretty good chance that those same history books will show the prime minister sent the party right back to that brink only a decade later.

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