Trudeau talks about the coming election and his biggest failure in office on MP’s podcast
OTTAWA. On a podcast hosted by one of his own MPs, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said he believes his detractors are reacting to polls not policy, that his biggest failure in office was electoral reform and that it bugs him that NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh didn’t call to end their deal.
Trudeau had a lengthy and candid interview with Nathaniel Erskine-Smith on the Toronto MP’s podcast Uncommons. Erskine-Smith has been hosting the podcast since 2020 and has had MPs from all parties as well as experts and past politicians as guests. Erskine-Smith has voted against his party in the past and said Trudeau did not have access to the questions in advance.
Trudeau, who has been trailing Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre for more than a year, conceded that the coming election would be a significant challenge, but insisted he is going to keep the party advocating for the same positions it has held all along.
“This is going to be a much harder election than 2015. It always was going to be,” he said. “We’re going to continue, even double down on the things we know are going to get us to better; which is more protection of the environment, more inclusion of people.”
Trudeau has faced challenges from within his own caucus, with several Liberals privately saying it is time for him to go, while one MP, Wayne Long, has said so publicly. He has also faced calls to step down from former cabinet members.
Trudeau said no one in Liberal circles has accused him of having the wrong priorities or policies, but they are reacting to a bad polling climate.
“People who are saying, ‘oh, I’m not sure,’ would they be saying that if I was 10 points ahead in the polls right now.”
Trudeau conceded that the next election is likely to be a change election, but he said that is because the pace of the world is moving so much faster. He said the next prime minister will have to deal with some unexpected challenges, just as he has dealt with COVID-19, the first Trump presidency and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
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