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Originally Posted by Bunk

More valuable and insightful than the Rolling Stone interview was Trudeau's appearance on the West Wing Weekly Podcast.

He's in about the last 15-20 minutes:

http://thewestwingweekly.com/

A couple articles about it as well:

http://www.macleans.ca/politics/otta...the-west-wing/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...=.81a3d66d03cb

Toward the end when asked about immigration and ideas of assimilation, Trudeau actually comes up with one of the most cogent definitions of that elusive idea of Canadian identity that I've heard. Really worth a listen.

If you were ever a fan of The West Wing too, this podcast generally is superb listening.

While our greatest prime ministers were influenced by the writings of Keynes, Laski, Friedman, and Schumpeter, Trudeau and his handlers are drawing inspiration from an American television show. As he finds the time to appear on obscure pop culture podcasts, our federal deficit continues to grow and foreign direct investment is fleeing Canada at a rate not seen in decades.

Forgive me for not sharing your enthusiasm for this.

Interestingly enough, Trudeau admits in this interview that he essentially leaves the substance of governance to his team and instead focuses on "connecting with people."