...whose legacy is to leave no positive achievements at all behind him that benefit the ordinary people...unless someone with a fine tooth-comb knows better?
Of course like the Brit and European client leaders his job was not to benefit the nation that elected him at all but to subjugate it to the will and benefit of the US hegemon.
I'm sure in that: his actual job, he's been a great success and indeed, a role model for the likes of Starmer and all the other prize US janiorial nonentities.
Re: One of a long line of western political "leaders"...
I think history will be a bit kinder to Justin Trudeau. He managed to do a lot (though it's never enough) for the Inuit and native population, and they generally appreciated him. He took global warming seriously and introduced a carbon tax, but of course the Canadian province of Alberta and Canada generally are highly reliant on fossil fuel earnings. He coped pretty well with the first Trump administration. He was socially progressive, which to some was a good thing, to others less so. Justin Trudeau is suffering like all leaders in the West from a surfeit of expectation and a deficit of capacity. Our parliamentary democratic systems in the West are under huge pressure, and I think it unfair to blame Trudeau too much for that, and as the mighty and increasingly demented US is their next door neighbour, he's had to conduct a geopolitical balancing act. . As the Duran put it, the western leadership have lost their head, and their public, in "Project Ukraine" which not just Trudeau but the whole political apparatus in Canada were enthusiastic supporters of (remember the applause for the Ukrainian retired neo- nazi?) and equally in the hyper-capitalist, globalised and kleptocratic economy, which is seriously distorting sovereignty in the participating states. No leadership at present is wiling l to face up to this. To me he was a basically a decent, sane, humane and competent PM, without ever ascending to statesmanship, which is still rather more than can be said for a lot of Western leaders presently. Ultimately brought down by political staleness and wider economic and polticical pressures. You can guarantee that the rich and powerful on the right have been working hard over years, both in the US and Canada, to undermine him. What Canada gets next might not be quite so benign. .
No doubt some posting here will point out some of his failings, but in wishing for something or someone "better" be careful what you wish for. Musk's crowing should be all you need to know.
Re: One of a long line of western political "leaders"...
To me he was a basically a decent, sane, humane and competent PM, without ever ascending to statesmanship ...
I am certainly not an expert on Canada, but a quick check on his progress over years in the alt media paints a different picture from that you project:
on January 6, 2025, 3:44 pm