Time after time

Some thoughts on Trudeau, the opera, & condescending to posterity

“S’il te plaît, Madamoiselle — let me tell you about the laïcité!”

How should Justin Trudeau have answered when journalists asked him why his first federal cabinet would be made up of as many women as men? The answer he gave at the time — “Because it [was] 2015” — brought the house down, but its vapidity has shown through in the years since. Which is iro…