A Trudeau top 10 list—of failure

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau spent without consideration for the public purse, failed to encourage greater unity, and was ineffective in governing.

There will be hagiographic tributes for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as he leaves office, but his unpopularity was due to more than his overstaying his welcome, writes Andrew Caddell. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY ANDREW CADDELL

March 5, 2025

KAMOURASKA, QUE.—I first met Justin Trudeau in the fall of 2008 at a Liberal Party gathering in Ottawa just after he was elected. It was around Remembrance Day, and I commented on the extraordinary courage of my father and his comrades in the Second World War.

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