FUREY: Poilievre Housing Video Shows Substance, Respect for the Voter

Commentary Before Justin Trudeau became Prime Minister of Canada, he released a lengthy video on his “sunny ways” philosophy. While those two words quickly became Trudeau’s trademark, the video detailed how the phrase actually came from Wilfird Laurier, who had served as Liberal PM of Canada a century earlier. It was a whimsical video full of cartoon images that told a narrative about the history of the country and Trudeau’s vision for it. The video—and the announcement of the “sunny ways” agenda—received a great deal of attention at the time.  The Liberal Party was at that point in third place in the polls, and the video was one of the ways Trudeau set himself apart as different from his opponents. While it had a playful tone, it was also taken seriously, both for being something longer than a soundbite and for being a meditation on the state of the nation....