Justin Trudeau Quotes
Canada has always been there to help people who need it.
Trudeau, Justin. "Justin Trudeau's victory speech." Maclean's, Rogers Media, 20 Oct. 2015.
Normally, this would not be a particularly noteworthy quotation. However, at the time the Republican Party had shifted far to the right–more so than at any other time since its inception. The primary election he was in brought out the most right wing members of the party, which was for gutting the social safety net, did not see health care as a right, and even wanted to terminate Obamacare and Social Security as it existed. Yet when asked in a nationwide TV interview, what the government should do for the poor and destitute who could not afford health care or other necessities. His courageous answer and position doomed his bid for the presidential nomination.
This kind of ethical and moral commitment to others who are need distinguished Kasich from most Republicans of his time.
Justin Pierre James Trudeau PC MP is a Canadian politician who has served as the prime minister of Canada since 2015, the 23rd since Confederation, and has been the leader of the Liberal Party since 2013. Trudeau is the second-youngest prime minister in Canadian history; he is also the first to be the child or other relative of a previous holder of the post, as the eldest son of Pierre Trudeau.
