Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made massive changes to his cabinet last week in a move political analysts say is more theater than substance, but the Liberal leader's close advisers say it shows his determination to seek a fourth election victory.
With a string of recent polls showing the left-leaning Liberals trailing their right-of-center Conservative rivals after almost eight years in power, Trudeau, and a chronic housing shortage have given the opposition Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre ammunition to attack Trudeau, accusing him of feeding price increases with profligate government spending, calling it "Justin-flation."
Trudeau described the shake-up as a way to build up his core economic team in response to cost-of-living challenges that Canadians have grappled with for more than two years. Trudeau's minority government has a deal with left-leaning New Democrats, who have promised to keep the Liberals in power until 2025. But the deal is not binding and Trudeau needs his campaign team ready to go at any time.
Trudeau isn't making a "beeline for the exit," one of the sources said. "He's in it to win it." The new cabinet is "ready to go out on the campaign trail," the second source said. Neither source was authorized to speak on the record.
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