Could we dispense with the "power behind the throne" and First Lady nonsense? Trudeau was elected PM not Sophie. It is just 50's sexist crap to go on about his partner and it and has no place here.
I think you're interpreting what I said in the opposite way it was intended.
The point is that Sophie & Margaret, as well as Justin and the journalists, have explained that Margaret was not an equal partner with Pierre. There was a 30-year age gap between them and she was expected to be in the mother role and not have much to do with advising on policy.
We are now in a different generation in which Sophie has a much larger say in this Liberal leader's decisions than was the case under Margaret & Pierre.
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