The article in the by Andrew Cohen in the Ottawa Citizen was definitely an interesting read. The point I found the most telling was the following, which is consistent with the main message in the G & M article Paul Wells referred to above. In that article Trudeau was supposed to be the face of the government, while Butts was supposed to be the policy guy and Telford the person who ran the PMO. Trudeau is not strong on policy or administration.
To my friend, Trudeau was an imposter. He was a lightweight, an amateur, a poseur. He said, my friend did, that he had faced other opposition critics in his portfolio, and he respected them all – except Trudeau. He said Trudeau never understood or grasped the portfolio, which was immigration.
The universal problem with celebrity politicians....