INTRODUCTION
“Canada’s Stock Market Is”: David Thomas, “Canada’s Stock Market Is the Worst in the World Right Now,” MoneySense, February 20, 2018, https://www.moneysense.ca/save/investing/stocks/canadas-stock-market-is-the-worst-in-the-world-right-now/.
“The Canadian Dollar Is”: Rajeshni Naidu-Ghelani, “Loonie Falls After Poloz Suggests He’s Not Ready to Take Away ‘Punch Bowl,’ ” CBC News, March 13, 2018, https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/stephen-poloz-canadian-dollar-loonie-1.4574167.
“Justin Trudeau’s Budget”: “Justin Trudeau’s Budget Still Hasn’t Balanced Itself,” London Free Press, March 1, 2018, https://lfpress.com/opinion/editorials/editorial-justin-trudeaus-budget-still-hasnt-balanced-itself.
“Science-Loving Government”: “Science-Loving Government Cuts Funding for Science,” Globe and Mail, January 23, 2018, https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/editorials/globe-editorial-science-loving-government-cuts-funding-for-science/article37711890/.
“Trudeau’s Perpetual Deficits”: Tom Brodbeck, “Trudeau’s Perpetual Deficits Will Cause Lasting Harm,” Winnipeg Sun, February 27, 2018, https://winnipegsun.com/news/provincial/trudeaus-perpetual-deficits-will-cause-lasting-harm.
FRAT BOY
“The intensity, the excitement”: Jeff Green, “Sex, Pizza, and Politics with Justin Trudeau,” Hamilton Spectator, October 13, 2011, https://www.thespec.com/news-story/2219070-sex-pizza-and-politics-with-justin-trudeau/.
“I don’t read the newspapers”: Jonathon Gatehouse, “ ‘When I Run’: Justin Trudeau Considers Politics,” Maclean’s, December 23, 2002, https://www.macleans.ca/politics/ottawa/when-i-run-justin-trudeau-considers-politics-from-the-archives/.
“People in the street”: Guy Lawson, “Trudeau’s Canada, Again,” New York Times Magazine, December 8, 2015, https://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/13/magazine/trudeaus-canada-again.html.
“It’s very, very cool”: Ibid
“I’m not going to go”: “Justin Trudeau’s Mysterious Connection with Canadians,” Global News, April 7, 2013, https://globalnews.ca/news/461252/justin-trudeaus-mysterious-connection-with-canadians/.
“I’m going to defer”: Brian Lilley, “Pole Position: Our PM-in-Waiting Defers, Again, to Experts on Arctic Seabed Issue,” Toronto Sun, December 5, 2013, https://torontosun.com/2013/12/05/pole-position-our-pm-in-waiting-defers-again-to-experts-on-arctic-seabed-issue/wcm/52322832-f7e7-49c1-b781-f320381d9642.
“They will come at me”: Justin Trudeau, “Justin Trudeau Takes a Gamble on Staying Positive,” interviewed by Peter Mansbridge, CBC News, April 17, 2013, https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/justin-trudeau-takes-a-gamble-on-staying-positive-1.1357601.
“What happens if”: Maura Forrest, “Five Things We Learned About Science (and Other Stuff) from Justin Trudeau and Bill Nye,” National Post, March 6, 2018, https://nationalpost.com/news/politics/five-things-we-learned-about-science-and-other-stuff-from-justin-trudeau-and-bill-nye.
“Twerp”: Evan Solomon, “Why David Suzuki Called Justin Trudeau a Twerp,” Maclean’s, September 26, 2015, https://www.macleans.ca/politics/ottawa/why-david-suzuki-called-justin-trudeau-a-twerp/.
“You’re for the development”: Ibid.
“At one point people”: Justin Trudeau, “Justin Trudeau: Man Who Would Be PM Discusses His Past, His Politics,” interviewed by Lisa LaFlamme, W5, CTV News, October 18, 2014, https://www.ctvnews.ca/w5/justin-trudeau-man-who-would-be-pm-discusses-his-past-his-politics-1.2059548.
JUSTIN: BEYOND SPACE & TIME
“We have to rethink”: Monte Solberg, “Justin Is Beyond Infinity,” Brantford Expositor, September 21, 2014, http://www.brantfordexpositor.ca/2014/09/21/justin-is-beyond-infinity.
“The way forward”: James Fitz-Morris and Catherine Tunney, “Justin Trudeau Promises ‘Canadian Approach’ to Climate Change,” CBC News, November 23, 2015, http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trudeau-first-ministers-meet-climate-change-1.3331290.
“The world is moving”: “Justin Trudeau Speaks at 2018 Deloitte Canada Partner Meeting,” Deloitte Canada Conference, September 7, 2018, video, 42:30, http://www.cpac.ca/en/programs/headline-politics/episodes/64380451.
“Entropy”: “Entropy,” Merriam Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/entropy.
“There is no core identity”: Guy Lawson, “Trudeau’s Canada, Again” New York Times Magazine, December 8, 2015, https://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/13/magazine/trudeaus-canada-again.html.
“The nation is no longer”: Ibid
“Responsibilizing”: “Justin Trudeau Speaks at 2018 Deloitte Canada Partner Meeting,” Deloitte Canada Conference.
“You cannot let yourself”: “Prime Minister Justin Trudeau,” 60 Minutes, CBS News, March 6, 2016, https://www.cbsnews.com/news/60-minutes-prime-minister-trudeau/.
“I’m much more focused”: “Interview with Justin Trudeau,” The West Block, Global News, September 26, 2015, available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=py1t3tGqCuk.
JUSTIN TRUDEAU: INTERNATIONAL MAN OF MYSTERY!
“I won the birth lottery”: Joseph Brean, “Justin Trudeau on the Burden of Greatness,” National Post, November 8, 2006, https://www.pressreader.com/canada/national-post-latest-edition/20061108/281517926620316.
“We grew up in”: Karl Moore, “One-on-One Interview with Justin Trudeau,” Forbes, November 4, 2015, https://www.forbes.com/sites/karlmoore/2015/11/04/an-one-on-one-with-canadas-new-prime-minister-justin-trudeau/#b534995ea062.
“One of the big difficulties”: “Exclusive Interview with Justin Trudeau (Uncut),” Salam Toronto, March 27, 2014, YouTube video, 33:32, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8NOqhCg_eQ.
“My maternal grandfather”: David Aktin, “Say That Again? Unintended Zingers from Trudeau’s National Listening Tour,” National Post, January 17, 2017, https://nationalpost.com/news/politics/say-that-again-unintended-zingers-from-trudeaus-national-listening-tour.
Justin has also suggested: Justin Lang, “Trudeau’s Backpacking Guide to International Relations,” National Post, April 10, 2014, https://nationalpost.com/opinion/justin-ling-trudeaus-backpacking-guide-to-international-relations.
“If I’m sitting here”: “Justin Trudeau on Syria, Republicanism, and Being a Sex Symbol,” Newsnight, BBC, YouTube video, 7:12, November 25, 2015, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcRbLBa9B_8.
“Humility is very important”: Martin Patriquin, “Does Justin Trudeau Risk Being Overexposed?” Maclean’s, August 26, 2016, https://www.macleans.ca/politics/does-justin-trudeau-risk-being-overexposed/.
“There’s an awful lot”: Ibid.
“My stepfather was born”: Taint Koch, Christian Stenzel, and Daniel Biskup, “Is It Annoying to Be the Anti-Trump?” BILD, July 9, 2017, https://www.bild.de/politik/ausland/bild-international/interview-justin-trudeau-canada-is-it-annoying-to-be-the-anti-trump-52463994.bild.html.
SENSEI
And given that: Jeff Wallenfeldt, “Justin Trudeau,” Britannica, March 7, 2019, accessed https://www.britannica.com/biography/Justin-Trudeau.
Most of that: Althia Raj, The Contender: The Justin Trudeau Story, Huffington Post Canada, March 3, 2013, http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/ContenderV2.pdf.
“During an interview”: Jeff Lee, “Justin Trudeau: The B.C. Connection That Helped Make a Prime Minister,” Vancouver Sun, October 24, 2015, http://www.vancouversun.com/news/justin+trudeau+connection+that+helped+make+prime+minister/11463772/story.html.
“There is nothing he”: Robert Matas, “I’m Passionate About Politics Because I’m Passionate About Life,” Globe and Mail, February 3, 2001, https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/im-passionate-about-politics-because-impassionate-about-life/article1030012/.
“I’m a teacher”: Canadian Press, “Trudeau Wins Montreal Riding Nomination,” CBC News, April 29, 2007, https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/trudeau-wins-montreal-riding-nomination-1.657245.
Current tuition at West Point: “Fees & Scholarships,” West Point Grey Academy, https://www.wpga.ca/admission/fees—scholarships (accessed March 4, 2019).
MEET YER CANDIDATE!
Justin tried to: Jeff Wallenfeldt, “Justin Trudeau,” Britannica, March 7, 2019, accessed https://www.britannica.com/biography/Justin-Trudeau.
“Let us be English”: John A. Macdonald, during confederation talks of 1864.
“I had to learn”: Justin Trudeau, “Justin Trudeau: Man Who Would Be PM Discusses His Past, His Politics,” interview by Lisa LaFlamme, W5, CTV News, October 18, 2014, video, 6:27, https://www.ctvnews.ca/w5/justin-trudeau-man-who-would-be-pm-discusses-his-past-his-politics-1.2059548.
NATIONAL SECURITY STUFF
“Investigative national security”: “Prime Minister Justin Trudeau,” Live with Kelly and Ryan, ABC, June 5, 2017, available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5R1lMOhwpc.
Public safety minister Ralph Goodale: Lee Berthiaume, “Baloney Meter: Are Liberals Welcoming ISIL Returnees to Canada with Open Arms?” CBC News, November 30, 2017, https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/isil-returnees-baloney-meter-1.4426096.
At the town hall: “Trudeau Compares Returning ISIS Fighters to Greek & Italian Immigrants,” Cdn Infidels, YouTube video, 2:23, February 4, 2018, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OwHwD58R9cg.
“Well, I can tell”: Joe O’Connor, “Justin Trudeau vs Justin Trudeau: A Brief History of a Prime Minister and His (Epic) Gaffes,” National Post, February 6, 2018, https://nationalpost.com/news/politics/justin-trudeau-vs-justin-trudeau-a-brief-history-of-a-prime-minister-and-his-epic-gaffes.
“If you don’t want”: Power & Politics, CBC, June 23, 2015. https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/2670343050.
“There is no question”: Justin Trudeau, “Justin Trudeau Takes a Gamble on Staying Positive,” interview by Peter Mansbridge, CBC News, April 17, 2013, video, 14:15, https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/justin-trudeau-takes-a-gamble-on-staying-positive-1.1357601.
“There’s a lot of people”: Josh Skurnik, “Trudeau: Drop Parkas, Not Bombs,” Toronto Sun, November 7, 2014, https://torontosun.com/2014/11/07/trudeau-drop-parkas-not-bombs/wcm/bc38d56c-08f3-4cf0-a718-2ad1c8739894.
“Never mind airstrikes”: Ibid.
WHIRLED AFFAIRS
The ambassador from: Lee-Ann Goodman, “Trudeau’s Hockey-Ukraine Joke Ripped by Conservatives,” Huffington Post Canada, February 24, 2014, https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2014/02/24/trudeau-hockey-ukraine-tories-ndp_n_4847789.html?utm_hp_ref=canada-politics.
He would later: Leslie MacKinnon, “Justin Trudeau Apologizes for Ukraine Joke,” CBC News, February 25, 2014, https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/justin-trudeau-apologizes-for-ukraine-joke-1.2550790.
“It’s very worrisome”: Tout le monde en parle, Radio-Canada, February 23, 2014, http://ici.radio-canada.ca/emissions/tout_le_monde_en_parle/saison10/document.asp?idDoc=329431.
“There’s a level of”: Jen Gerson, “At Toronto Fundraiser, Justin Trudeau Seemingly Admires China’s ‘Basic Dictatorship,’ ” National Post, November 8, 2013, https://nationalpost.com/news/politics/justin-trudeau-seemingly-admires-chinas-basic-dictatorship-at-toronto-fundraiser.
So how about: Ibid.
Then there’s this: Martin Empson, “Focus on China: The East Is Green?” Socialist Review 432 (February 25, 2018): http://socialistreview.org.uk/432/focus-china-east-green.
“let out his”: Jen Gerson, “At Toronto fundraiser, Justin Trudeau Seemingly Admires China’s ‘basic dictatorship’.”
“It seems to be”: “Justin Trudeau’s ‘Foolish’ China Remarks Spark Anger,” CBC News, November 9, 2013, https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/justin-trudeau-s-foolish-china-remarks-spark-anger-1.2421351.
NAMASTE, YO!
“silly, diminished and desperate”: Barkha Dutt, “Trudeau’s India Trip Is a Total Disaster—and He Has Only Himself to Blame,” Washington Post, February 22, 2018, https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/global-opinions/wp/2018/02/22/trudeaus-india-trip-is-a-total-disaster-and-he-has-himself-to-blame/?utm_term=.5f4300f4fd91.
“Our countries both marked”: Tarek Fatah, “All Trudeau Needed to Do Was Denounce the Khalistan Movement,” Toronto Sun, February 24, 2018, https://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/fatah-all-trudeau-needed-to-do-was-denounce-the-khalistan-movement.
“Canadian Prime Minister Justin”: Indrani Bagchi, “Why Trudeau’s Disaster Trip May Trigger a Reset in India-Canada Ties,” Times of India, February 25, 2018, http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/63058415.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst.
“India Trip Raises Eyebrows”: Anirudh Bhattacharyya, “Justin Trudeau’s ‘Unusual’ India Trip Raises Eyebrows, Panned by Canada Watchdog,” Hindustan Times, February 20, 2018, https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/trudeau-s-unusual-india-visit-raises-eyebrows-criticised-by-canada-watchdog/story-Xg6UmLGX4g3AkPHhD87oVL.html.
“Too Flashy Even for an Indian?”: “Trudeau Family’s Attire Too Flashy Even for an Indian?” Outlook, February 21, 2018, https://www.outlookindia.com/website/story/trudeau-familys-attire-too-indian-even-for-an-indian/308603.
“Justin Trudeau’s Bhangra”: Sherya Das, “Justin Trudeau’s Bhangra in Delhi Leaves Many Unhappy, Here’s Why,” Indian Express, February 23, 2018, https://indianexpress.com/article/trending/viral-videos-trending/justin-trudeau-bhangra-in-delhi-twitter-reactions-5075060/.
“Trudeau Shoots Himself”: “Trudeau Shoots Himself in the Foot Once Again,” New Indian Express, March 1, 2018, http://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2018/mar/01/trudeau-shoots-himself-in-the-foot-once-again-1780440.html.
“Over a billion dollars”: Kelly McParland, “Welcome Home, Prime Minister! How Was the Trip? Oh. I See,” National Post, February 26, 2018, https://nationalpost.com/opinion/kelly-mcparland-welcome-home-prime-minister-how-was-the-trip-oh-i-see.
After an eight-day: Canadian Press, “Trudeau’s Contested Trip to India Cost Upwards of $1.5 Million, Documents Show,” Global News, June 20, 2018, https://globalnews.ca/news/4287371/trudeaus-india-trip-1-5-million/.
PROMISES, PROMISES
“What Trudeau proved himself”: Aaron Wherry, “Trudeau’s Promise of Electoral Reform: From ‘We Can Do Better’ to Accusations of Betrayal,” CBC News, February 5, 2017, https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/wherry-trudeau-electoral-reform-promise-betrayal-1.3962386.
“2015 will be the last”: “Electoral Reform,” 2015 Liberal Party Platform, https://www.liberal.ca/realchange/electoral-reform/; “Canada Throne Speech 2015 full text: A Complete Copy of Trudeau’s First Agenda,” National Post, December 4, 2015, https://nationalpost.com/news/politics/canada-throne-speech-2015-full-text.
“Canadians elect governments”: Alex Boutilier and Alex Ballingall, “Trudeau Insists Election Reform Still on Table,” Toronto Star, December 2, 2016, https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2016/12/02/trudeau-insists-election-reform-still-on-table.html.
“Trudeau Insists Election Reform”: Ibid.
“Trudeau Abandons Pledge”: Alex Boutilier, “Trudeau Abandons Pledge to Reform Canada’s Elections,” Toronto Star, February 1, 2017, https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2017/02/01/trudeau-drops-pledge-to-reform-canadas-electoral-system-in-his-first-term.html.
So why did: Aaron Wherry, “How Trudeau Lost His Way on Electoral Reform,” CBC, June 27, 2017, https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trudeau-electoral-reform-wherry-analysis-1.4179928.
As Andrew Coyne: Andrew Coyne, “Andrew Coyne: Trudeau’s Petulant, Tone-Deaf Performance a Remarkable Milestone,” National Post, June 28, 2017, https://nationalpost.com/opinion/andrew-coyne-trudeaus-petulant-tone-deaf-performance-a-remarkable-milestone.
“I make promises because”: Boutilier and Ballingall, “Trudeau Insists Election Reform Still on Table.”
“As far as Canada Post”: Ryan Maloney, “Liberal Plan on Door-to-Door Mail Delivery Puts Spotlight on Campaign Pledges,” Huffington Post Canada, January 24, 2018, https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2018/01/24/liberal-plan-on-door-to-door-delivery-puts-spotlight-on-campaign-pledges_a_23342683/. The quote can also be heard during the CPAC press conference in Montreal, QC, September 3, 2015, http://www.cpac.ca/en/programs/leaders-tour/episodes/90005882.
“Those households that were”: Maloney, “Liberal Plan on Door-to-Door Mail Delivery Puts Spotlight on Campaign Pledges.”
“No veteran will be forced”: Lee Berthiaume, “Veterans Await Details of Long-Promised Disability Pension Plan,” The Star, December 19, 2017, https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2017/12/19/veterans-await-details-of-long-promised-disability-pension-plan.html.
“Why are we still fighting”: Emily Mertz, “Injured Veteran That Questioned Trudeau During Edmonton Town Hall Says ‘Enough Is Enough,’ ” Global News, February 2, 2018, https://globalnews.ca/news/4003755/injured-veteran-edmonton-town-hall-justin-trudeau/.
“We will make”: 2015 Liberal Party Platform, accessed June 13, 2019, https://www.liberal.ca/realchange/free-votes.
“MP Kicked Off Two Committees”: Bobbi-Jean MacKinnon, “New Brunswick MP Kicked Off Two Committees for Breaking Liberal Ranks on Tax Changes,” CBC News, October 5, 2017, https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/wayne-long-liberal-mp-committee-business-tax-1.4342744.
“I am very much in favour”: Krista Balsom, “Politics, Passion & Pipelines: An Interview with Justin,” Your McMurray Magazine, May 28, 2014, https://yourmcmurraymagazine.com/archives/features/323/politics-passion-pipelines-an-interview-with-justin-trudeau.
“Energy East’s pipeline”: Annie Mathieu, “Justin Trudeau au Soleil: Énergie Est n’est pas socialement acceptable” [Justin Trudeau to Soleil: Energy East Is Not Socially Acceptable], Le Soleil, December 13, 2014, https://www.lesoleil.com/actualite/politique/justin-trudeau-au-soleil-energie-est-nest-pas-socialement-acceptable-36ba5253f2e35e780cb6cf44f6a2c545.
“You cannot play favourites”: Justin Trudeau, interview by George Stroumboulopoulos, George Stroumboulopoulos Tonight, CBC, April 1, 2014, video, https://www.cbc.ca/strombo/videos/justin-trudeau-michael-ignatieff.
“Canada isn’t doing well”: Know Nothing, “Justin Trudeau—Alberta vs Quebec,” Tele-Québec, YouTube video, 0:38, July 14, 2014, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vAlz1at_OU.
“Is Canada”: Martin Patriquin, “Justin Trudeau Apologizes After One Pander Too Many,” Maclean’s, November 23, 2012, https://www.macleans.ca/politics/ottawa/justin-trudeau-one-pander-too-many/.
“I am Liberal”: Ibid.
Turns out that Justin’s: Éric Grenier, “Why the Senate Is Unpredictable—and Its Independents Not So Independent,” CBC News, June 19, 2017, https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/grenier-senators-votes-1.4162949.
SUNNY WAYS!
“We . . . made a commitment”: Justin Trudeau, “Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Open letter to Canadians,” Liberal.ca, November 4, 2015, https://www.liberal.ca/prime-minister-justin-trudeaus-open-letter-to-canadians/.
“It is not my practice”: Rachel Aiello, “Kenney Apologizes for Personal Attack on PM Trudeau,” CTV News, May 24, 2018, https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/kenney-apologizes-for-personal-attack-on-pm-trudeau-1.3944118.
“You are a piece”: “Trudeau Calls Kent a ‘Piece of Sh**’ in House of Commons,” CBC News, December 14, 2011, https://www.ctvnews.ca/trudeau-calls-kent-a-piece-of-sh-in-house-of-commons-1.740571.
“Sunny ways, my friends”: Mark Gollom, “Justin Trudeau Pledges ‘Real Change’ as Liberals Leap Ahead to Majority Government,” CBC News, October 19, 2015, https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-election-2015-voting-results-polls-1.3278537.
“The challenge that I have”: Justin Trudeau, “Justin Trudeau Takes a Gamble on Staying Positive,” interview by Peter Mansbridge, CBC News, April 17, 2013, video, 6:35, https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/justin-trudeau-takes-a-gamble-on-staying-positive-1.1357601.
“We didn’t join them”: Meagan Campbell, “Justin Trudeau Tells Convention the Conservatives Are Still ‘Harper’s Party’: Speech Transcript,” Maclean’s, April 21, 2018, https://www.macleans.ca/politics/ottawa/justin-trudeau-convention-speech-transcript/.
“If there’s one”: Ibid.
“I found Harper”: Gloria Galloway, “Mulcair Looks Back on His Own Successes as New Democrats Choose His Successor,” Globe and Mail, September 28, 2017, https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/mulcair-looks-back-on-his-own-successes-as-new-democrats-choose-his-successor/article36423809/.
“When you put a price”: Richard Zussman, “Blame Game Continues as Gas Prices Keep Soaring in Metro Vancouver,” Global News, April 30, 2018, https://globalnews.ca/news/4177647/metro-vancouver-gas-prices-fault/.
“Trudeau Family Getting”: Catherine Tunney, “Trudeau Family Getting Its Meals Delivered from 24 Sussex to Rideau Cottage,” CBC News, May 3, 2018, https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/24-sussex-meals-rideau-cottage-1.4643358.
“Canada’s Access-To-Information”: Laura Stone, “Canada’s Access-to-Information System Has Worsened Under Trudeau Government,” Globe and Mail, September 27, 2017, https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/canadas-access-to-information-system-has-worsened-under-trudeau-government-report/article36407309/.
WOKE BAE
“Peoplekind”: Rebecca Joseph, “Justin Trudeau’s ‘Peoplekind’ Remark Draws Ridicule in U.S. and U.K. Media,” Global News, February 6, 2018, https://globalnews.ca/news/4009843/justin-trudeau-peoplekind-piers-morgan/. The quote was also covered in the Washington Post, New York Times, Toronto Star, The Guardian, The Telegraph, BBC News, Herald Sun, Chicago Tribune, etc., etc. Alt-right nazis, all of ’em!
Young woman asking: “Justin Trudeau: ‘Peoplekind’ Not ‘Mankind’ ” BBC News, 0:36, February 7, 2018, available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ItsGW1Nlm3c.
“There’s lots of things”: Andree Lau, “Justin Trudeau Teaches Men How to Be Better Feminists in 10 Seconds,” Huffington Post Canada, April 30, 2016, https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2016/04/30/justin-trudeau-feminist-advice-snapchat_n_9815126.html.
“alt-right nazis”: “Trudeau Advisor Labels All Critics of ‘Peoplekind’ Remark as Nazis. Shapiro Must Be Surprised,” Daily Wire, February 8, 2018, https://www.dailywire.com/news/26914/trudeau-advisor-labels-all-critics-peoplekind-daily-wire.
In 2018, Service Canada: Canadian Press, “Service Canada Employees Asked to Avoid Using Mr., Mrs., or Ms. as well as Mother and Father,” Global News, March 21, 2018, https://globalnews.ca/news/4097862/service-canada-gender-neutral-language/.
“Will the same standard”: Justin Trudeau, “The House Sits Down with the Prime Minister,” The House, CBC Radio, February 3, 2018, https://www.cbc.ca/radio/thehouse/the-house-sits-down-with-the-prime-minister-1.4512987/the-house-sits-down-with-the-prime-minister-1.4517766.
“I’ve been working”: Ibid.
“It’s not a rare incident”: Douglas Quan, Adrian Humphreys, and Marie-Danielle Smith, “Why an 18-Year-Old Groping Allegation Against Justin Trudeau Is Not a #MeToo Moment,” National Post, June 22, 2018, http://nationalpost.com/news/politics/why-an-18-year-old-groping-allegation-against-justin-trudeau-is-not-a-metoo-moment.
“I’m sorry. If I had”: Ibid.
“people experience things”: Chris Herhalt, “Don’t Investigate Groping Allegation from 2000, Trudeau Says,” CP24, July 6, 2018, https://www.cp24.com/news/don-t-investigate-groping-allegation-from-2000-trudeau-says-1.4002639.
The editor and the newspaper: Quan, Humphreys, and Smith, “Why an 18-Year-Old Groping Allegation Against Justin Trudeau Is Not a #MeToo Moment.”
“If you had to predict”: “Prime Minister Justin Trudeau,” Live with Kelly and Ryan, June 5, 2017, YouTube video, 3:32, available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5R1lMOhwpc.
“Canada has become”: Wilfrid Laurier, speech, Cornwall, Ontario, September 30, 1908, quoted in Patrice Dutil and David Clark MacKenzie, Canada 1911: The Decisive Election That Shaped the Country (Toronto: Dundrun Press, 2011), 31.
“I look at what”: Justine Trudeau, “Prime Minister Justin Trudeau,” 60 Minutes, CBS News, March 6, 2016, https://www.cbsnews.com/news/60-minutes-prime-minister-trudeau/.
OUR HOME ON NATIVE LAND
“Why doesn’t the prime”: Peter Zimonjic, “MP Drops F-bomb in Commons, Accuses Trudeau of Not Caring About Indigenous Rights,” CBC News, September 25, 2018, https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/romeo-saganash-f-bomb-house-commons-1.4838124.
“A place to store”: Justin Trudeau, speech, Saskatoon Town Hall, January 25, 2017, quoted in John Paul Tasker, “Trudeau’s ‘Canoes and Paddles’ Remark Called Borderline Racist By First Nations MP,” CBC News, February 17, 2017, https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/saganash-letter-trudeau-canoe-paddles-1.3976685.
“I’ve spoken with”: Ibid.
“A sacred obligation”: Susana Mas, “Trudeau Lays Out Plan for New Relationship with Indigenous People,” CBC News, December 8, 2015, https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/justin-trudeau-afn-indigenous-aboriginal-people-1.3354747.
“Canada Has Spent $110,000”: Ashifa Kassam, “Canada Has Spent $110,000 to Avoid Paying $6,000 for Indigenous Teen’s Orthodontics,” The Guardian, September 30, 2017, https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/sep/30/canada-first-nations-orthodontics-teenager.
“I said, we’re”: “Justin Trudeau On Boxing Match’s Side Bets,” Althiaraj, YouTube video, 1:40, March 31, 2012, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEImRJxK-9Y#t=46.
“It wasn’t random”: Stephen Rodrick, “Justin Trudeau: The North Star,” Rolling Stone, July 26, 2017, https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/justin-trudeau-the-north-star-194313/.
“Thank you very”: “Justin Trudeau Tells Protester ‘thank you for your donation,’ ” National Post, YouTube video, 1:17, March 28, 2019, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcvxEu0jpKo.
JUSTIN & THE MEDIA: A LOVE STORY
Is it impolite: “CBC’s Peter Mansbridge Officiated Wedding for Trudeau’s Communications Director,” Toronto Sun, November 11, 2015, https://torontosun.com/2015/11/11/cbcs-peter-mansbridge-officiated-wedding-for-trudeaus-communications-director/wcm/4cb39d10-14f3-4d4a-8396-c4450cb12f14.
“What shampoo do you”: Justin Trudeau, “ ‘Plane Talk’ with Justin Trudeau: When He Lies, His Biggest Regret and Greatest Extravagance,” interview by Tom Clark, Global News, September 21, 2014, transcript, https://globalnews.ca/news/1574882/plane-talk-with-justin-trudeau-when-he-lies-his-biggest-regret-and-greatest-extravagance/.
“Our New Political Crush”: Elle, “Justin Trudeau Is Our New Political Crush,” YouTube video, 1:30, March 2, 2017, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBtqgcgjr4Y.
“Couple of praise points”: News Conference—Justin Trudeau in Shelburne, N.S, CPAC, video, 18:34, July 21, 2017, http://www.cpac.ca/en/programs/headline-politics/episodes/52131072.
“Justin Trudeau offered”: StevenChase (Steven Chase), Twitter, December 7, 2017, 7:30 a.m., https://twitter.com/stevenchase/status/938747488378544129.
“forced on us”: @StevenChase (Steven Chase), “Justin Trudeau offered . . .” Twitter, December 7, 2017, 11:41 a.m, https://twitter.com/stevenchase/status/938855906061758464.
“Because I am”: “Scrums,” CPAC, video, 28:30, February 25, 2014, http://www.cpac.ca/en/programs/scrums/episodes/30901661. Note: This was answered in French, another English translation is “Well, I’m a federal politician and I want to become prime minister, so I think it would be very inappropriate for me to take a firm position now.”
“If Trudeau Is”: Terry Glavin, “If Trudeau Is the Free World’s Last Hope, the Free World Is Doomed,” National Post, August 2, 2017, https://nationalpost.com/opinion/terry-glavin-if-trudeau-is-the-free-worlds-last-hope-the-free-world-is-doomed.
“He says one thing”: Vinay Menon, “For the Sake of Peoplekind, Justin Trudeau Needs to Shut His Mouth,” Toronto Star, February 7, 2018, https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/opinion/2018/02/07/for-the-sake-of-peoplekind-justin-trudeau-needs-to-shut-up.html.
“He doesn’t have”: Lysiane Gagnon, “He’s Sweet, But Is Trudeau a PM?” Globe and Mail, October 22, 2014, https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/hes-sweet-but-is-trudeau-a-pm/article21200020/.
OTHER PEOPLE’S MONEY
“Liberal Spending Review”: Bill Curry, “Liberal Spending Review So Far Identifies No Cuts, But Highlights New Spending,” Globe and Mail, March 12, 2018, https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-liberal-spending-review-so-far-identifies-no-cuts-but-highlights-new/.
“A Liberal government”: Ibid.
“The budget will balance”: Primetime Politics with Peter Van Dusen, CPAC, video, February 11, 2014, http://www.cpac.ca/en/programs/primetime-politics/episodes/30396042.
“I’ve committed to continuing”: Paul Well, “The Making of a Prime Minister: Inside Trudeau’s Epic Win,” Maclean’s, October 21, 2015, https://site.macleans.ca/longform/trudeau/.
“I am looking straight”: “Replay: The Globe and Mail Election Leaders’ Debate 2015,” Globe and Mail, YouTube video, 2:18:15, September 17, 2015, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbnMz7tsXjo.
Justin inherited a $7.5: Andy Blatchford, “Despite $7.5B Surplus, Liberals Insist They’re Left with a Deficit,” Global News, April 29, 2016, https://globalnews.ca/news/2671448/despite-7-5b-surplus-liberals-insist-theyre-left-with-a-deficit/.
During the 2015 campaign: “Justin Trudeau Says Liberals Plan 3 Years of Deficits to Push Infrastructure,” CBC News, August 27, 2015, https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-election-2015-liberals-infrastructure-deficits-1.3205535.
Unfortunately, Justin’s carefully: Canadian Press, “Federal Budget 2017: Trudeau Government Projects $28.5 Billion Deficit in 2017–2018,” Global News, March 22, 2017, https://globalnews.ca/news/3327930/federal-budget-2017-liberals-raising-ei-premiums-and-hiking-taxes-on-smokes-booze/.
The 2019 budget . . .: “Finance Minister Defends Liberal Budget Measures as Sales Effort Gets Underway,” Canada’s National Observer, March 20, 2019, https://www.nationalobserver.com/2019/03/20/news/finance-minister-defends-liberal-budget-measures-sales-effort-gets-underway.
The timeline for: Bill Curry, “Deficit on Track for Elimination by 2045, a Decade Earlier Than Last Year’s Projection,” Globe and Mail, December 22, 2017, https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/deficit-on-track-for-elimination-by-2045-a-decade-earlier-than-last-years-projection/article37420980/.
In April 2019, The International: Associated Press, “IMF Cuts Forecast for 2019 Growth in Canada, World,” CBS, January 21, 2019, https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/imf-global-growth-1.4986550.
Canada’s GDP: “Canada: Economic and Financial Data,” accessed March 19, 2019, https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/en/dsbbcan.
Federal deficit: “Equality + Growth: A Strong Middle Class,” Department of Finance Canada, Minister of Finance, William Francis Morneau, February 27, 2018, https://www.budget.gc.ca/2018/docs/plan/budget-2018-en.pdf.
Provincial deficit: Fiscal Reference Tables,-2018: Part 5-9, Department of Finance, accessed April 19, 2019, https://www.fin.gc.ca/frt-trf/2018/frt-trf-1805-eng.asp#tbl31.
would grow 1.5 per cent: Jordan Press, “Federal Budget Won’t Be Balanced until 2040, Finance Department Says,” Global News, December 21, 2018, https://globalnews.ca/news/4787265/federal-budget-balance-2040/.
“We can grow”: Canadian Press, “Trudeau Says Liberals Determined to Grow Economy ‘From the Heart Outwards,’ ” CTV News, August 12, 2015, https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/election/trudeau-says-liberals-determined-to-grow-economy-from-the-heart-outwards-1.2513674.
Mike Duffy: Althia Raj, “Mike Duffy Investigation, Trial Cost RCMP $477,858,” Huffington Post Canada, June 23, 2016, https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2016/06/23/mike-duffy-investigation-rcmp-costs_n_10638876.html.
“BFF in the PMO”: Adam Radwanski, “Gerald Butts: The BFF in the PMO,” Globe and Mail, September 2, 2016, https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/gerald-butts-the-guardian-of-the-trudeaunarrative/article31692482/.
“puppet-master”: Lee Berthiaume, “Archival: Why Gerald Butts Was Trudeau’s Most Trusted Adviser,” Ottawa Citizen, October 21, 2014, https://ottawacitizen.com/news/politics/the-man-behind-the-curtain-why-gerald-butts-is-trudeaus-most-trusted-adviser.
“perhaps the most powerful”: Nick Taylor-Vaisey, “Gerald Butts’s Sprawling, Heavy-Hitting, Mega-Rich, Do-Gooder Rolodex,” Maclean’s, October 12, 2017, https://www.macleans.ca/politics/ottawa/the-impressive-network-of-gerald-butts/.
When Butts moved: Joanne Seiff, “Moving for Work Comes at a Cost—But $126K Is a Little Rich, Joanne Seiff Says,” CBC News, October 1, 2016, https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/canada-moving-costs-trudeau-government-1.3786877.
Instead, Butts simply: Joan Bryden, “Top Two PMO Aides Apologize for Controversy Over Moving Expenses,” Canada’s National Observer, September 23, 2016, https://www.nationalobserver.com/2016/09/22/news/top-two-pmo-aides-apologize-controversy-over-moving-expenses.
“Fairness for middle class”: Justin Trudeau, “Justin Trudeau on Fairness for the Middle Class,” Liberal.ca, https://www.liberal.ca/realchange/justin-trudeau-on-fairness-for-the-middle-class/ (accessed March 3, 2019).
The Liberal Party: Andrew Coyne, “Andrew Coyne: Bloated, Glossy $212,000 Federal Budget Cover a Fitting Symbol of Modern Government” National Post, October 25, 2017, https://nationalpost.com/opinion/andrew-coyne-bloated-glossy-212000-federal-budget-cover-a-fitting-symbol-of-modern-government.
“Well, deficits are”: “Interview with Justin Trudeau,” West Block, Global News, September 26, 2015, available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=py1t3tGqCuk.
“Sorry I can’t be”: @Justin Trudeau (Justin Trudeau), Twitter, December 2, 2018, 5:00 a.m., https://twitter.com/justintrudeau/status/1069214653169844227?.
As Justin’s office: Janice Dickson, “Trudeau Criticized for Tweet to Trevor Noah Pledging Money for Cause,” Toronto Star, December 3, 2018, https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2018/12/03/trudeau-criticized-for-tweet-to-trevor-noah-pledging-money-for-cause.html.
Justin’s $50 million: Janice Dickson, “Trudeau Criticized for Tweet to Trevor Noah Pledging $50M Charity Gift,” CBC, December 3, 2018, https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trudeau-trevor-noah-money-1.4930216.
“One of the things”: Kevin Carmichael, “Justin Trudeau Claims to Be a Fiscal Conservative. He’s Not,” Maclean’s, April 26, 2016, https://www.macleans.ca/economy/business/justin-trudeau-claims-to-be-a-fiscal-conservative-hes-not/.
JUSTIN & HIS SOCKS: A TALE FOR THE AGES
“Canada’s Justin Trudeau”: Mikey Smith, “Canada’s Justin Trudeau Is Wearing Chewbacca Socks and Everybody’s Freaking Out,” Daily Mirror, September 20, 2017, https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/canadas-justin-trudeau-wearing-chewbacca-11208246.
“Justin Trudeau’s Zany”: Raisa Bruner, “Justin Trudeau’s Zany’s ‘Star Wars’ Sock Choice Is Throwing the Internet for a Loop,” Time, September 20, 2017, http://time.com/4950653/justin-trudeau-chewbacca-socks/.
“Justin Trudeau’s ‘Star Wars’ ”: Ryan Parker, “Justin Trudeau’s ‘Star Wars’ Chewbacca Socks Create Social Media Stir,” Hollywood Reporter, September 20, 2017, https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/star-wars-justin-trudeaus-chewbacca-socks-cause-social-media-nerdgasm-1041504.
“No World Leader’s Socks”: Dominique Mosbergen, “Justin Trudeau’s Socks Are on Point,” Huffington Post Canada, June 23, 2017, https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/entry/justin-trudeau-socks_n_594cb905e4b0da2c731aae88.
“Justin Trudeau’s Socks Appeal”: Vinay Menon, “Justin Trudeau’s Socks Appeal Is Starting to Wear Thin,” Toronto Star, June 28, 2017, https://www.thestar.com-entertainment/2017/06/28/justin-trudeaus-socks-appeal-is-starting-to-wear-thin-menon.html.
“I am a Canadian”: John Diefenbaker, House of Commons (July 1, 1960).
“I’ve also had”: Karl Moore, “One-on-One Interview with Justin Trudeau,” Forbes, November 4, 2015, https://www.forbes.com/sites/karlmoore/2015/11/04/an-one-on-one-with-canadas-new-prime-minister-justin-trudeau/#b534995ea062.
“ETHICS”
“Conservative ethics abuses”: @JustinTrudeau (Justin Trudeau), Twitter, October 22, 2013, 3:45 p.m., https://twitter.com/justintrudeau/status/392783681892265984?.
Not just once: Katie Dangerfield, “Trudeau’s Cabinet Faces 5th Ethics Investigation—Here’s How Stephen Harper’s Office Compared,” Global News, February 13, 2019, https://globalnews.ca/news/4951921/justin-trudeau-ethics-investigation-stephen-harper/.
“I am committed to leading”: Justin Trudeau, “Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Open Letter to Canadians,” Liberal.ca, November 4, 2015, https://www.liberal.ca/prime-minister-justin-trudeaus-open-letter-to-canadians/.
“Prime Minister, you talk”: “FactPointVideo,” “Trudeau Dodges Questions Over Tax Benefits He Receives Through Family Trusts.” YouTube video, 1:38, September 19, 2017, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yH-Ep4Kj-c.
“I no longer have dealings”: Ibid.
“A large percentage”: Justin Trudeau, interview by Peter Mansbridge, The National, CBC, 7:25, September 8, 2015, available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkMa8UcABnA.
“Low-income families”: “Low-income Families ‘Don’t Benefit’ from Tax Breaks: Trudeau” Global News, video 1:22, February 5, 2019, https://globalnews.ca/video/4927706/low-income-families-dont-benefit-from-tax-breaks-trudeau.
The Conflict of Interest: David Akins, “Ethics Watchdog Wants to Talk to Bill Morneau About His 2015 Stock Trades,” Global News, December 1, 2017, https://globalnews.ca/news/3893089/ethics-watchdog-morneau-stock-trades/.
WISH YOU WERE HERE! JUSTIN’S ISLAND GETAWAY
“We don’t see an issue”: Dehaas, Josh. “PM Admits He Took Billionaire’s Helicopter to Private Island” CTVNews, January 12, 2017, https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/pm-admits-he-took-billionaire-s-helicopter-to-private-island-1.3238837.
“accept travel on non-commercial”: Conflicts of Interest Rules, S.C. 2006, c. 9, s. 2, §12, available at: https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/C-36.65/page-2.html?txthl=influence+seek&wbdisable=true.
“supposed ethical issues”: Global National, Global News, 6:41, December 20, 2017, https://globalnews.ca/video/4783819/global-national-dec-20-6.
The added cost of Justin’s: Elizabeth Thompson, “CBC Investigates: Trudeau’s Bahamas Vacation Cost Over $215K—Far More Than Initially Disclosed,” CBC, September 13, 2017, https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trudeau-bahamas-vacation-rcmp-1.4286033.
Justin’s use of . . . : Josh Dehaas, “PM’s Use of Jet for Family Vacation Emitted as much CO2 as Average Canadian Per Year,” CTV News, January 20, 2017, https://www.ctvnews.ca/mobile/politics/pm-s-use-of-jet-for-family-vacation-emitted-as-much-co2-as-average-canadian-per-year-1.3250397.
“I also want to know”: Hélène Buzzetti, “Les Conservateurs Veulent Forcer Trudeau à Témoigner” [Conservatives Want to Force Trudeau to Testify], Le Devoir, January 6, 2018, https://www.ledevoir.com/politique/canada/516910/conflit-d-interets-les-conservateurs-veulent-forcer-trudeau-a-comparaitre.
“On December 20, 2017”: Conflicts of Interest Rules, S.C. 2006, c. 9, s. 2, §§5, 11, 12, 21.
“Mr. Trudeau failed to meet”: Office of the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner, Mary Dawson, The Trudeau Report (Ottawa, Ontario: Parliament of Canada, 2017), http://ciec-ccie.parl.gc.ca/Documents/English/Public%20Reports/Examination%20Reports/The%20Trudeau%20Report.pdf.
“I found that these gifts”: Ibid.
“Mr. Trudeau contravened”: Ibid.
“I found that Mr. Trudeau”: Ibid.
“Mr. Trudeau failed to arrange”: Ibid.
“How could that not”: “Justin Trudeau Fumbles Question About His Conflict of Interest,” YouTube video, 0:19, December 20, 2017, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15-5O4UPM0U.
“Aga Khan is”: Ibid.
“What’s your greatest”: Justin Trudeau, “ ‘Plane Talk’ with Justin Trudeau: When He Lies, His Biggest Regret and Greatest Extravagance,” interview by Tom Clark, September 21, 2014, Global News, https://globalnews.ca/news/1574882/plane-talk-with-justin-trudeau-when-he-lies-his-biggest-regret-and-greatest-extravagance/.
“I think people are”: Guy Lawson, “Trudeau’s Canada, Again,” New York Times Magazine, December 8, 2015, https://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/13/magazine/trudeaus-canada-again.html.
YOUR PRIME MINISTER IN ACTION!
The number of: Canadian Press, “Trudeau Dodges Pledge to Meet with Ethics Commissioner over Aga Khan Vacation,” CP24, January 9, 2018, https://www.cp24.com/news/trudeau-dodges-pledge-to-meet-with-ethics-commissioner-over-aga-khan-vacation-1.3751791.
No one knows: Laura Stone, “Ethics Commissioner Mary Dawson Says She ‘Went Out with a Bang’ ” Globe and Mail, January 5, 2018, https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/ethics-commissioner-mary-dawson-says-she-went-out-with-a-bang/article37517088/.
“How many times did”: Geoff Regan, 42 House of Commons Debate 1, Hansard 148, no. 174 (May 10, 2017), http://www.ourcommons.ca/DocumentViewer/en/42-1/house/sitting-174/hansard.
Question Period, House of Commons: Ibid.
STOP THE PRESSES!
She became concerned: Alastair Sharp and Mike De Souza, “New Audio of Phone Call Reveals Jody Wilson-Raybould’s Warning about SNC-Lavalin Prosecution,” National Observer, March 29, 2019, https://www.nationalobserver.com/2019/03/29/news/new-audio-phone-call-reveals-jody-wilson-rayboulds-warning-about-snc-lavalin.
SNC-Lavalin, which: “ A Closer Look at SNC-Lavalin’s Sometimes Murky Past,” CBC News, February 8, 2019, https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/snc-lavalin-corruption-fraud-bribery-libya-muhc-1.5010865.
SNC-Lavalin had: Tom Parkin, “What Did the Liberals see in SNC-Lavalin? A Company in Need of a Bailout,” Maclean’s, February 14, 2019, https://www.macleans.ca/opinion/what-did-the-liberals-see-in-snc-lavalin-a-company-in-need-of-a-bailout/.
After Wilson-Raybould refused: Rahul Kalvapalle and Amanda Connolly, “Jody Wilson-Raybould and Jane Philpott kicked out of Liberal Party Caucus,” Global News, April 2, 2019, https://globalnews.ca/news/5123526/liberal-caucus-wilson-raybould-jane-philpott/.
And yet, a Liberal: Mike Blanchfield, “Liberal-Stacked Justice Committee Shuts Down SNC-Lavalin Investigation,” Huffington Post Canada, February 27, 2019, https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2019/03/19/liberals-justice-committee-snc-lavalin_a_23695755/.