It may be relevant since older voters turn out with so much more frequency but I grew up in Alberta in the late 80s/90s and Pierre Trudeau wasn't really somebody I was super familiar with until I got more interested in politics towards adulthood. I think the idea that the Trudeau name is already poisoned across the west is dated.
My first couple years worth of observation - I think Justin Trudeau seems a little gaffe prone and not the quickest on his feet... may go away with years leading the party but he's already been in the house for a few years. The Conservatives would have been better off just fencing with him and letting him define himself rather than rolling out the cheezy mean spirited ads they're cranking out.
Making themselves look lame to anybody with half a brain and in some ways crystalizing the notion that he's the main so called progressive challenger and helping the Libs erode the NDP support.
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