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Trudeau’s 1st year as a Prime Minister

Published: 13 October 2016

Last year, Justin Trudeau, the son of former prime minister Pierre Trudeau, became Canada’s new leader, ending 10 years of Stephen Harper rule.

Andrew Potter, director, McGill Institute for the Study of Canada

“After one year in power, Trudeau is realizing that Sunny Ways might be an effective strategy for getting elected but it’s a lousy way to govern. He’s going to have to focus on the one or two things he must do this mandate, jettison the rest, and devote his political capital to pushing them through.”—Andrew Potter

andrew2.potter [at] mcgill.ca (English)

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