Rumble on Parliament Hill

Poor Justin Trudeau. The guy has never been able to catch a break. The house he grew up in had so many silver spoons in the kitchen drawer, he didn’t know which one to put in his mouth. His dad wasn’t around much, given that he was arguably the most famous Canadian in the world in the 1970s (with a side hustle as prime minister). Not to be outdone on the fame thing, Justin’s mom ran away and partied with the Rolling Stones when the tyke was in grade school. After years of home-front drama, Justin finished a bachelor’s degree and moved to the West Coast to teach — what else, drama. As a young man, he seemed to focus primarily on attending the least politically correct parties possible. After talking himself into entering politics, he convinced enough Canadians that great hair with a magnetic smile was the same thing as depth, and bang — he was running the country. Which was when his real problems started.

Now, nine years into his tenure, the custard seems to have set...