Trudeau needs Boissonnault scandal like he needs a hole in the head

Randy Boissonnault is in a hole over his ancestry claims, his business dealings and his lack of judgment, and it all makes for just another problem for the Trudeau government hen it doesn't need more self-inflicted problems.
Randy Boissonnault
Randy Boissonnault at the National Press Theatre in Ottawa on Oct. 22, 2024.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau finally realized the political liability then-employment minister Randy Boissonnault posed to him and to his embattled government when he returned from the G20 meetings last week. After defending him on Nov. 19 in Rio de Janeiro, Trudeau removed...

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