Like his father, Trudeau will know when to quit

Justin Trudeau will see the writing on the wall, and give the Liberal Party a chance to choose a new leader.

Pierre Trudeau, left, knew when his time was up. His son, Justin Trudeau, will choose to go out on top, writes Andrew Caddell. Photograph courtesy of Library and Archives Canada and The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY ANDREW CADDELL

September 11, 2024

KAMOURASKA, QUE.—In the fall of 1983, I was working as a ministerial assistant in the government of then-prime minister Pierre Trudeau as the bottom was falling out of it. He had just shuffled his cabinet, dropping five ministers. Still, his popularity was abysmal at 27 pe...

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