The Americas | The dying of the light

Justin Trudeau is wrecking Canada’s liberal dream

His failings hold lessons for liberals the world over

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
Photograph: AP
|Ottawa

“It is A time of massive anxiety.” Justin Trudeau was talking about Canadians’ economic outlook, pitching the durability of his liberal project to a gathering of global progressives in Montreal last month. “People notice the hike in their mortgages much more than they notice the savings in their child care,” he offered, perhaps implying that in doing so people failed to appreciate all he did for them.

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