on a right-left scale, trudeau is decidedly right of centre, and has been the whole time. we're seeing it come out in the pandemic response, too, where the most left-wing leader in the country is probably, bafflingly, jason kenney - and doug ford seems to be the only one pulling his head out of his ass about it, however slowly (it's a great, big ass, after all, give him space to get it out of there). meanwhile, the most conservative responses are coming from ndp governments.
the dauphin seems to have picked up his concept of liberalism more from bill clinton than from his father, in truth.
there's a reason he got passed over, and if it wasn't clear then, it should be now.