The Prime Minister is deeply unpopular, just as Mulroney was deeply unpopular when he left office. The two are very different leaders, but share one powerful quality
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks from the pulpit during the funeral of late former Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney, in Montreal, Saturday, March 23, 2024.In October, 2000, a young Justin Trudeau eulogized his father, Pierre, in Montreal’s Notre-Dame Basilica, making his adult debut in public life and sending the political class into paroxysms of praise and speculation.. The testament that Mr. Trudeau offered to Mr. Mulroney’s legacy may have reflected his own hoped-for legacy as well.
Mr. Mulroney left a federal government saddled with crippling deficits. Deficits have defined the Trudeau governments as well. Speakers may one day praise Mr. Trudeau’s record in reducing childhood poverty, reconciling with Indigenous peoples and combatting global warming. Each respected the other. More than a decade ago, when Mr. Trudeau was running for the Liberal leadership, Mr. Mulroneythat any political opponent who “treats Justin Trudeau with scorn or derision or underestimates him, does so at his own peril.” As Mr. Trudeau revealed Saturday, they spoke regularly, especially during the fraught negotiations to preserve NAFTA in the face of opposition from the Trump administration.
Mr. Mulroney paid such a high political price that the Progressive Conservative Party was effectively destroyed in the 1993 election, never to recover.If a federal election were held now, polls suggest that the Liberals would suffer a severe defeat at the hands of Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, who vows to reverse many of Mr. Trudeau’s initiatives, including to “axe the tax.”
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