Breaking news! Child of privilege takes bold stance: “That’s not the way I was raised!”

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“Canadians elect governments to do hard things and don’t expect us to throw up our hands when things are a little difficult . . . ‘Oh, it’s more difficult than we thought it could be and therefore we’re just going to give up.’ No, I’m sorry, that’s not the way I was raised.”

Justin Trudeau displaying his steely resolve. He was referring specifically to electoral reform and his promise to end our current first-past-the-post system. That was in December 2016. Two months later, he decided it was, in fact, too much work, and he boldly gave up. In the words of Monty Python, he bravely buggered off.