A Lakehead University political scientist says that Justin Trudeau's resignation was unsurprising given his long tenure as prime minister. Dr. Toby Rollo expects that any leader, regardless of party, is bound to face scandals, economic challenges and other difficulties during a decade in power. He cautions against expecting significant policy differences between the Conservatives under Pierre Poilievre and the Liberals, noting that both parties have historically aligned on many key issues.
THUNDER BAY — A Lakehead University political scientist says that given Justin Trudeau ’s long tenure as prime minister, his resignation was unsurprising.
“It's hard to really assuage people's feelings about Trudeau. He was in power for a decade and, during which time, any leader of any party is going to amass scandals and failures and be held responsible for economic issues during that time, some of which are out of their control, some of which are in their control,” said Rollo.
“Effectively policy-wise they're going to appear virtually identical with maybe some exceptions, having to do with moving the carbon tax around or something like that and some other cosmetic issues. All in all, though, the two parties’ policy-wise have historically for the last few decades at least been fairly similar,” said Rollo.“It was kind of predictable and it was expected,” said Rollo.
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