Justin Trudeau grew up on 24 Sussex Drive Ottawa (our White House). His Father was Pierre Elliot Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada from 1968-1979. Like his father, Justin is running under the Liberal Party flag. He supports legalization of maryjane, is anti war and pro-choice including assisted suicide (with regulations). He is young, currently 42. He recently released his first autobiography titled Common Ground.
Last night he launched his campaign for Prime Minister in 2015 with an hour long interview on the Canadian CTV show W5 (who what when where why).
Sadly I cannot find a way to embed this video but here is the link to the interview: http://www.ctvnews.ca/...
If you want to hear his version of his life, watch the interview and read his autobiography.
Justin has several things going for him. He is young and energetic, he has charisma and confidence in spades and he is sexy to boot. His critics say he has no substance or qualifications or experience, but I see a candidate that has deep political savvy having lived with it his entire life. He is currently leading in the polls vs Harper (however, we are a year out and things can change).
Unlike his father, Justin is not trying to create a legal framework for the nation, he is trying to amend it in ways that will benefit the working class. He is more of a grass roots style of politician practicing people politics, local local local. His dad laid the framework, he is trying to shape it.
It is well known that Obama and Harper are not friends.
I hope to see a future where Canada and the U.S. can be more cooperative and friendly. I can imagine a future where a Democratic president and a Liberal Prime Minister can coordinate, compromise and cooperate for a better world.
edit: 1:25am Oct 20th
I wanted to add some eye candy. Here is a video of Justin Trudeau fighting now disgraced conservative politician Patrick Brazeau in a boxing match for charity. The commentators are from a conservative media corp owned by Quebeccor and the Chairman of the Board is currently former Conservative Prime Minister Brian Mulroney. Lets just say this was not their finest hour.
edit: 8:42am Oct 20th
changed pro-life to pro-choice......my bad