Canadian prime minister justin trudeau bio

Critics have often accused me of having my head in the clouds, if not somewhere darker and more malodorous. But I was literally in a cloud forest, sitting in a volcanic hot spring, when Justin Trudeau announced his resignation last Monday.

It was the first major political event in recent Canadian history I have not covered — and I can’t say I was upset about not participating in the pile-on.

Canadian prime minister justin trudeau bio

Trudeau is going and history will likely judge him more kindly than his contemporaries, as we saw with Brian Mulroney.

Much of what follows is based on opinions formed while interviewing and writing the 2019 book, Trudeau: The Education of a Prime Minister, which I think stands up pretty well.

Many of the reviewers felt it was too harsh in its criticisms, at a time when he was still being given the benefit of the doubt by many of my colleagues. But I think the core assessments remain sound.

In the book, I noted that Trudeau was elected on a promise to transform a country that was desig