Trudeau Virtue-Signaled Himself Out of Office

The Gist

Mike Pesca

News, Politics, Arts, Daily News

4.4 • 3.6K Ratings

🗓️ 8 January 2025

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

Journalist Stephen Marche, author of the NYT op-ed “Justin Trudeau Was His Own Worst Enemy,” argues that the soon-to-be-former Prime Minister’s virtue signaling too often came across as piety, exhausting Canadians. Plus, medical debt is cleared from credit ratings, and a hockey analogy that belongs in the penalty box. Produced by Joel Patterson and Corey Wara Email us at [email protected] To advertise on the show, visit: https://advertisecast.com/TheGist Subscribe to The Gist: https://subscribe.mikepesca.com/ Subscribe to The Gist Youtube Page: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4_bh0wHgk2YfpKf4rg40_g Follow Mikes Substack at: Pesca Profundities | Mike Pesca | Substack Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:33.6	It's Wednesday, January 8th, 2025 from Peachfish Productions.
0:38.1	It's The Gist.
0:39.3	I'm Mike Peska.
0:42.3	I wasn't going to talk about Justin Trudeau stepping down.
0:43.5	I mean, not all the way down.
0:44.7	He'll still stay in Canada.
0:50.7	But I was just going to let it play out and see the assessments trickle in like a rivulet of the Mighty McKenzie River.
0:53.1	But no, I could not stay away.
1:00.3	I scoured CBC TV, CTV, CBC One radio, CBC3 CBC2, that's actually music, your life fits, your Backman Turner's Overdrive, your
1:04.6	tragically's hip, your Arkells. And there on the CBC, I found the most Canadian analysis imaginable.
1:13.6	As it happened, it was on as it happens.
1:16.0	The guest is Gerald Butts, and here's host Matt Galloway.
1:19.1	You've said that if you want to know who can play hockey, put on a hockey game.
1:23.6	What would a full leadership contest, a robust leadership contest tell Canadians?
1:29.2	I don't get it.
1:31.5	I am not Canadian enough to get it.
1:33.9	Are they saying, well, the proof is in the pudding, as in the only way to see is to see?
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