Justin Trudeau and Sophie Grégoire Trudeau announce separation
https:// www.cbc.ca /news/politics/trudeau-gregoire-separation-1.6925254 Justin Trudeau and Sophie Grégoire Trudeau announce separation
Well that's out of left field. I suppose that's a testament to how well they've done to keep their private life private.
An interesting historical parallel, Pierre Trudeau was the first PM to be divorced while in office.
74I don't think it is out of left field. There had been rumors swirling around Europe for quite a few years that their marriage was on the rocks, apparently the paparazzi was very aware of Sophie's extended European "vacations" sans hubby and kids. We have extended family that said the Canadian prime ministers marriage was fodder for a long time.
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I care about this as much as I care about the divorce of any other people I do not know. It is none of my business and it does not matter to me.
53I really don't understand why I should care what people do with their personal life.
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For his family's sake, I hope he chooses
notto step down for the next election. Milhouse is going to run with this, and will not hesitate to fight dirty.37Wouldn’t it be better for pp if Trudeau didn’t step down? I feel like there are a lot of cheap shots just waiting to be taken. It would be a good reason to let Freeland take over and maybe bring some of anti Trudeau crowd back to their senses; if that is possible…
11I'm not sure I agree, cheap shots regarding the separation would likely land well with the voter base that was only ever going to vote blue, but it's not likely to win points in the moderate crowd. And those moderates are who the conservatives need to convince if they want to get into power.
7Yeah it would be, I misworded my comment. I meant to say that I hope he steps down.
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Why are comments even open on this article? They're just terrible tabloid trash.
31To be fair pretty much all comments on any news article are like this lol
22Hold my beer, I'm going in…
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CBC comments are always atrocious.
11CBCcomments are always atrocious.FTFY
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It's sad, but I hope they're better off for it.
15Maybe now Melania has again more reasons to leave her isolated apartment life.
15Seemed like she didn't wanted him to run again, but he is definitely going.
14If that's the case he should have agreed not to. I don't see him making it through another election with how much baggage he's got now after two terms.
I will predict either a conservative minority or ndp minority, no idea which way it will swing but I think both sides have had enough of the liberal "middle ground".
4We don't vote people in, we vote them out. He should have resigned in style. Now he'll lose to some asshole.
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I have to ask: who cares, and why should I?
8I was not expecting this. Quite out of nowhere.
7Well, not really. There had been talk of her spending a lot of time at Harrington Lake when the PM was not there. I suspect they were semi-separated before this announcement.
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I heard rumors a few years ago that they were already separated. Weird that they're supposedly going on a family vacation right after announcing that they're separating.
6Not that weird. The kids are the priority, and they should be.
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I wonder if he and Melanie Joly will go public now.
You heard it here!
5Wow that's unexpected
5For what it's worth, a friend of mine that used to work in a chain of high-end hotels had the Trudeaus as guests, and she said that Sophie treated everyone like trash.
0How long until she lands a cushy job at one of her previous corporate “benefactors”?
-7I guess he's not stepping down as a leader of the LPC.
E: As in, maybe the political work was tough on the family and they expected him to stop doing it at some point, which did not arrive.
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