The critics of beleaguered PM Justin Trudeau are stuck on this big question: How many nails in his political coffin can he endure before giving up the ghost? Announcements, Events & more from Tyee and select partners CONTEST: Win a Bundle of Books to Inspire Your Summer Reading List One Tyee reader will receive four compelling works from McClelland & Stewart that collectively trace Indigenous legacies of the past, present and future. Whatever the answer may be, two more have just been hammered in — a full-length book by Stephen Maher, and a slim volume by Paul Wells. Both ultimately paint the picture of a leader who is washed up.
Maher’s book, The Prince: The Turbulent Reign of Justin Trudeau , is already a No. 1 bestseller on Amazon in the Kindle edition. And the Wells 96-page essay, Justin Trudeau on the Ropes: Governing in Troubled Times , has been reviewed as a skilfully written psychological assessment of one of Canada’s longest-serving prime ministers.
Neither work will put many smiles on faces in the Prime Minister’s Office. The Globe and Mail called Trudeau on the Ropes a “devastating critique” of the PM. Wells thinks the government’s dismal standing flows from Trudeau himself, a politician who specializes in the big splash announcement, rather than the workaday and largely thankless task of implementing policy.
Wells also portrays the PM as a man who doesn’t deal well with opposition. It’s his way, or the doorway. “For all his pedigree and physica.
