If the federal election were held today, polls show, he’d be Canada’s next prime minister. (Todd Korol/Reuters)The front-runner to unseat Prime Minister Justin Trudeau had stopped by a Rotary Club ribfest in this Toronto suburb and was sharing barbecuing tips with reporters. The 2015 victory of Trudeau, the telegenic son of a former prime minister elected on promises of progressive policies and “sunny ways,” was an international sensation. “If you’re a Conservative, you really have to be thrilled, quite frankly, to be where you are now,” said Andrew MacDougall, the former communications director for Stephen Harper, the longtime Conservative prime minister whom Trudeau defeated in 2015. But he remains little known outside politics, cutting a much different figure from Trudeau, the Rolling Stone cover model.

Source: Washington Post July 15, 2019 09:56 UTC