So is it just me, or does Trudeau seem to completely have lost his grip in the latest few days? Expelling Wilson-Raybould and Philpott was bad enough, but threatening to sue Andrew Scheer and answering the questions from opposition parties about the scandals with "I have a female minister of agriculture" seems unbelievably counterproductive.
Is he trying to bring his party down with him?
Would not surprise me in the least. This political crisis is 100% of his own devising. I think he has two very fatal flaws. It seems to me, that when frustrated or disappointed, he loses his cool. The second? Trudeau does not always accurately think through the ultimate consequences of his actions. Trudeau has offset these personal weaknesses like a lot of people normally and reasonably would, which is by relying heavily on shrewder advisers. But this scandal really strikes at the heart of that, costing him the service of trusted aides. I think the head of the civil service has been forced to resign, right? Trudeau has been left more and more to his own judgment.
Canada’s politics are possibly the least polarized in the Western world. Liberals successfully appeal to business-minded voters; Conservatives effectively compete for ethnic minorities. Justin Trudeau marketed himself as a radically different kind of politician: open, transparent, feminist. For him to be seen browbeating an indigenous woman to protect politically wired insiders from facing the legal consequences of their wrongdoing... I mean, it's not a good look for him and his brand.
