From the author: “I’ve been covering Justin Trudeau and his government, both closely and from afar, for the whole eight years they’ve been in power. Over the past year, I’ve spoken to dozens of insiders and outsiders. Some were critics, some true believers, and many in between. There is an emerging consensus that something is fundamentally broken in Ottawa.
So on a warm day last month, I boarded a train to Ottawa to ask the prime minister himself: Can you still fix the country?
Most Canadians no longer believe Trudeau is following through on the solutions he’s stumping for. His rhetorical rhythm is easy to identify if you spend enough time listening to him. It is a strategy which permeates his government, adopted by his staff and ministers: acknowledge the problem, proclaim your values, talk about your successes, blame someone else.”
