Justin Trudeau

Canada's Wannabe Obama

The leadership of the Liberal Party of Canada is open, and the son of the late Pierre Trudeau is seeking the job. Justin Trudeau represents his campaign as an Obama-style mass movement. But there's a curious lack of enthusiasm among those masses ….

From the Globe & Mail:

Less than a third of the almost 300,000 members and supporters who signed up to choose the Liberal party’s next leader have so far registered to vote, prompting front-runner Justin Trudeau’s camp to complain about a host of technical glitches and request a one-week extension on registration.

With only three days left to register, just 89,000 had registered by Monday evening.

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