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Author of Trudeau biography says he doesn’t think Trudeau will run again, but Lanthier says ‘even if he might lose, he wants to go down fighting against Pierre Poilievre’

In a sensational new book, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he's looking forward to running against Pierre Poilievre because he doesn't want Poilievre to run the country, but author and veteran journalist Stephen Maher says he doesn't think Trudeau will run again.

Justin Trudeau: 'The contrast between the vision that Mr. Poilievre is putting forward and what we continue to work for every single day couldn't be clearer, couldn't be crisper. As a competitor, as a leader, as someone committed to this country, being there for that conversation with Canadians touches me at the ore of what I feel my purpose is.'The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY KATE MALLOY

May 27, 2024

When veteran journalist Stephen Maher got the green light for a sit-down interview with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in Ottawa last February for his biography of the leader, Maher was on his sailboat in Staniel Clay, in the Bahamas, and a storm was coming. So he left his bo...

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