Recently (since 2020), he’s been blamed for a lot of things that are outside of his jurisdiction and are being done by (mostly conservative/right-wing) premiers (aka. governors?).
E.g…
Healthcare funding
Pandemic measures and lockdowns
International student issues
Housing
Employment
Eduction
In Ontario, these things have been mercilessly mismanaged by Doug Ford. Doug Ford pointed the finger at Trudeau and people are it up. No idea how we’re this stupid, but we keep giving Ford a majority government and blaming Trudeau for Ford’s problems here.
Before 2020, I wouldn’t say Trudeau was ever really hated or unpopular, at least not universally. He was our “at least it’s not the other guy” guy. But now the people who haven’t been paying attention (and don’t understand politics) are being mobilized by the far-right, and a lot of people think his first name starts with an F.
Recently (since 2020), he’s been blamed for a lot of things that are outside of his jurisdiction and are being done by (mostly conservative/right-wing) premiers (aka. governors?).
E.g…
In Ontario, these things have been mercilessly mismanaged by Doug Ford. Doug Ford pointed the finger at Trudeau and people are it up. No idea how we’re this stupid, but we keep giving Ford a majority government and blaming Trudeau for Ford’s problems here.
Before 2020, I wouldn’t say Trudeau was ever really hated or unpopular, at least not universally. He was our “at least it’s not the other guy” guy. But now the people who haven’t been paying attention (and don’t understand politics) are being mobilized by the far-right, and a lot of people think his first name starts with an F.