Canadian 'dopers, how serious is all this about Justin Trudeau?

[orcenio]

My opinion of Justin Trudeau hasn’t changed far from 3 years ago:

@orcenio

Trudeau isn’t a leader, but an entitled name/smile. Nonetheless most Canadians are (and will continue to be) satisfied with his tepid governance. This will change when/if the Tories get a well respected leader and the Libs get bogged down in scandal.

@orcenio

Trudeau, in particular, is an PM that is bred and image sculpted into an acceptable left-wing devil-may-care Pierre jr, saviour of Canada. He’s not half the free-spirited, intellectual, and political batsman as his father. He’s a smile in a coat. And, frankly, most Canadians are satisfied with that (for now).

Harsh, but while his current experience makes him more-than-qualified to be PM, Trudeau just isn’t particularly intellectually ambitious. This is an armchair amateur psychoanalysis of the guy but I feel his intellectual indolence exhibits itself especially through lackluster political goals, no over-arcing policy direction (outside of “have me as PM”), and JT’s willingness to just shut-up and follow the important health/economic/political directions of his educated staff during this global pandemic.

Thank God for that last point too. Can you imagine if we had an unaware, conceited, blind, arrogant, over-privileged Jared Kushner as PM? Justin Trudeau, at least, shows some amount of self-awareness when he’s in-over his head.