Justin Trudeau, a Prime Minister of symbols, falls to Earth GlobeDebate
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau responds to a question during Question Period in the House of Commons on April 10, 2019 in Ottawa.Scott Reid is a political analyst and principal at Feschuk.Reid and served as director of communications to prime minister Paul Martin.That might seem like a ridiculous observation.
Frequently, he backed that up: A Liberal leader who expelled Liberal-appointed senators from his own caucus. A self-declared feminist who built an unapologetically gender-balanced cabinet. A leader committed to redress and reconciliation. And, of course, a Prime Minister who selected a rookie MP to serve as Canada’s first female Indigenous Minister of Justice.
Of course, his critics never bought any of it. But they made fools of themselves by persistently dismissing him as a lightweight and pretender – ignoring the indisputable fact that Mr. Trudeau was routinely kicking their ass by winning every contest from the boxing ring to the general election. Despite their best efforts, they never really laid a glove on the guy.
The implications for the Prime Minister and his team are particularly profound. Gone are the days of pronouncing from on high and equating his own actions with the uncontested public good. His right of assertion has been surrendered. That’s the bitter price of the past two months. From here on out, he must, like the rest of us, go forth and compete for the right to claim his way as the superior path.
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