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OAKVILLE, ONT.—In case you haven’t noticed, the Liberal Party of Canada has developed what might be termed an “in-case-of-emergency-break-glass” leadership strategy. What do I mean by that? Well, the Liberal s, it seems, always have star leadership candidates waiting in the wings; candidates, who, whenever the party is facing a political emergency, will be summoned from offstage and thrust into the limelight at just the exact right moment to heroically save the party from catastrophe.
It didn’t matter that he’d only been an MP for a few years, it didn’t matter he’d never held a cabinet post, it didn’t matter that he hadn’t even been part of a government. If anything, his lack of experience was a plus, as it gave him the aura of a politician who had a fresh voice and as a leader who’d do politics differently. In fact, in 2015, the Trudeau-led Liberals crushed the Harper Tories, winning a smashing majority government.
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