Justin Trudeau has two sides, and both of them had a big year GlobeDebate
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks with The Canadian Press during a year end interview in West Block on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, on Dec. 18, 2019.From the moment he became Liberal Leader in 2013, Canada’s 23rd Prime Minister has been both an asset and liability to his party, and 2019 was no different.
His handling of the SNC-Lavalin scandal was disastrous. Faced with an allegation of attempting to influence a federal prosecution for political gain, Mr. Trudeau should have done the wise thing by acknowledging the error and apologizing for it. He should have admitted his officials went too far, shielding him from direct blame, and reconfirmed that he believed in the rule of law and prosecutorial independence.
We saw the same tendency early in his first mandate, when he blithely accepted a free family vacation on the private island of the Aga Khan. Rather than admit error, he refused to answer questions from the Opposition about the holiday and only demonstrated rote remorse when the ethics commissioner ruled that he had violated not one but four sections of the Conflict of Interest Act.
The blackface revelations hurt the Liberals in the October election, especially with voters wavering between the Liberals and the New Democratic Party, or other left-wing parties.
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