Western Standard - August 03, 2023


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3 minutes

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609

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41

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Justin Trudeau and his wife, Sophie Gregoire Trudeau, are going through a rough patch in their marriage. The media and the general public are quick to jump to the conclusion that the couple is headed for divorce. The question is, what does that mean for the future of their marriage and the rest of their family?

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00:00:00.000 A lot of people happy to dance on Justin Trudeau's, the grave of his relationship,
00:00:03.800 but at the same time, people should temper it with a little.
00:00:06.540 Yeah, absolutely.
00:00:07.640 As you say, this is a family.
00:00:09.260 A lot of people have been through it.
00:00:11.620 I certainly have, and it leaves the emotional scars, and kids can be cruel.
00:00:16.300 Corey, let's not forget, kids can be cruel, and when the Trudeau kids go back to school
00:00:21.120 in September, they're going to face a ton of trouble.
00:00:24.220 So, yeah, remember the kids.
00:00:26.020 Yeah, indeed.
00:00:26.720 You know, in the general confession, I too, I'm a divorced man.
00:00:32.780 There's very little that I can say that I would, you know, I can't condemn the man.
00:00:41.280 There are, it is one of the disappointing things that looking at some of the comments
00:00:45.560 on the, that we get, a lot of people, how do I put it,
00:00:55.140 without offending our readership.
00:00:58.380 Sometimes, you know, what happens in a person's family,
00:01:03.120 there's really nobody, anybody, anybody else's business.
00:01:05.980 There is nothing here to take pleasure from.
00:01:09.100 We will criticize Mr. Trudeau for his policies. 0.81
00:01:12.660 We will criticize him for the many hypocrisies that he has demonstrated in his public life
00:01:19.640 and that private life that came before it.
00:01:22.260 But on the matter of his marriage, I just wish him and Sophie and the kids, I wish them well.
00:01:28.100 And the parallel was sort of drawn, though.
00:01:30.320 I mean, just of note, the last time a sitting prime minister actually experienced a divorce
00:01:34.220 while in office was Pierre Trudeau, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's father, of course,
00:01:39.580 back in 77.
00:01:41.640 But his, I believe it was, was the walk in the snow that same year?
00:01:46.020 Yes.
00:01:46.760 Later that year, 78, I think the divorce was finalized and the walk in the snow was later that year.
00:01:53.280 You can't at the same time.
00:01:54.420 I mean, we could still be dignified and not dig into the reasoning and such,
00:01:57.380 but we could also discuss it does impact the mindset and possibly the choices of a prime minister.
00:02:04.980 I mean, that could have been part of what influenced Pierre Trudeau when he made his mind up.
00:02:09.500 And Justin Trudeau is having a tough time in government right now with this stacked on top of it.
00:02:14.680 It may influence his career choices in the next few months.
00:02:19.420 Yeah, it could go either way.
00:02:20.540 It could go either way, I think.
00:02:21.560 It could say, okay, now I'm going to focus on this instead of that and focus on battling Polyev.
00:02:28.040 Or, yeah, you're right, he could just do what his dad did and say,
00:02:30.900 that's enough for me and I'm out of here.
00:02:35.660 It's just a factor that's happening.
00:02:37.880 Again, we can't ignore that it's happening, but at the same time,
00:02:40.340 you know, it's speculating on the causes of the personal affairs or such as really not.
00:02:45.280 I just think we have really been restrained about how we talk about it.
00:02:52.740 When you have something of that magnitude on your mind,
00:02:57.720 it's got to affect your on-the-job performance.
00:03:00.380 If that's what you're saying, I would agree with you.
00:03:02.120 Or even he might, as Dave said, it might improve his performance.
00:03:05.780 He might focus different people, react differently, and stress.
00:03:07.960 But I'd say it might affect some of his personal decisions, perhaps,
00:03:11.740 and how long he's going to stay as a prime minister
00:03:13.460 or possibly move along and see about different good choices.
00:03:17.880 So, let's go ahead and see what's going on in the next couple of days.
00:03:22.660 So, let's go ahead and see what's going on in the next couple of days.