IDENTITY POLITICS OF THE VIRTUOUS SHINY PONY

Unfortunately, no matter how much Trudeau virtue-signals his condemnation of these tribal divisions, it is impossible to overlook his own perpetuation of them. Tim Powers, Vice-Chairman of Summa Strategies, one of Canada’s leading government relations firms, pointed out the hypocrisy in Trudeau’s politics in an interview with the HPR. “It’s unfortunate because he talks about not being divisive, but he’s totally engaged in [identity politics] … he just believes the identity he’s speaking to is the better one.” He offers a rather Canadian m etaphor to summarize the situation: “[Trudeau] is on the ice and skating around, hoping to score some goals.” Those goals Trudeau is hoping to score are mainly with women and the LGBTQ community, but he often achieves these at the expense of alienating other minority groups.