Common Ground
Justin Trudeau
- The
- national
- bestsellerJustin
- Trudeau
- has
- spent
- his
- life
- in
- the
- public
- eye.
- From
- the
- moment
- he
- was
- born,
- the
- first
- son
- of
- an
- iconic
- prime
- minister
- and
- his
- young
- wife,
- Canadians
- have
- witnessed
- the
- highs
- and
- the
- lows,
- sharing
- in
- his
- successes
- and
- mourning
- with
- him
- during
- tragic
- times.
- But
- few
- beyond
- Justin’s
- closest
- circle
- have
- heard
- his
- side
- of
- his
- unique
- journey.
- Now,
- in
- Common
- Ground,
- Justin
- Trudeau
- reveals
- how
- the
- events
- of
- his
- life
- have
- influenced
- him
- and
- formed
- the
- ideals
- that
- drive
- him
- today.
- He
- explores,
- with
- candour
- and
- empathy,
- the
- difficulties
- of
- his
- parents’
- marriage
- and
- the
- effect
- it
- had
- on
- a
- small
- boy
- and
- the
- close
- relationship
- with
- a
- father
- whose
- exacting
- standards
- were
- second
- only
- to
- his
- love
- for
- his
- sons.
- He
- explores
- his
- political
- coming
- of
- age
- during
- the
- tumultuous
- years
- of
- the
- Charlottetown
- Accord
- and
- the
- Quebec
- Referendum,
- and
- reflects
- on
- his
- time
- as
- a
- teacher,
- which
- was
- interrupted
- by
- the
- devastating
- losses
- of
- his
- brother
- and
- father.
- We
- hear
- how
- a
- connection
- was
- forged
- with
- a
- beautiful
- young
- woman,
- Sophie
- Gregoire,
- who
- had
- known
- the
- Trudeaus
- in
- earlier
- days.Through
- it
- all,
- we
- come
- to
- understand
- how
- Justin
- found
- his
- own
- voice
- as
- a
- young
- man
- and
- began
- to
- solidify
- his
- understanding
- of
- Canada’s
- strengths
- and
- potential
- as
- a
- nation.
- We
- hear
- what
- drew
- Justin
- toward
- politics
- and
- what
- led
- to
- his
- decision
- to
- run
- for
- office.
- Through
- Justin’s
- eyes,
- we
- see
- what
- it
- was
- like
- in
- those
- first
- days
- of
- seeking
- the
- Liberal
- nomination
- for
- Papineau,
- when
- it
- was
- just
- he
- and
- Sophie
- and
- a
- clipboard
- in
- a
- grocery
- store
- parking
- lot,
- and
- how
- hard
- work
- and
- determination
- won
- him
- not
- only
- the
- nomination
- but
- two
- hard-fought
- elections.
- We
- learn
- of
- his
- reaction
- to
- the
- considerable
- Liberal
- defeat
- in
- 2011
- and
- how
- it
- clarified
- his
- belief
- that
- the
- Liberal
- Party
- had
- lost
- touch
- with
- Canadians—and
- how
- that
- summer
- he
- was
- far
- from
- considering
- a
- run
- for
- the
- Liberal
- leadership
- but
- contemplating
- whether
- to
- leave
- politics
- altogether.
- And
- we
- learn
- why,
- in
- the
- end,
- he
- decided
- to
- help
- rejuvenate
- the
- Liberal
- Party
- and
- to
- run
- for
- the
- leadership
- and
- for
- prime
- minister.
- But
- mostly,
- Justin
- shares
- with
- readers
- his
- belief
- that
- Canada
- is
- a
- country
- made
- strong
- by
- its
- diversity,
- not
- in
- spite
- of
- it,
- and
- how
- our
- greatest
- potential
- lies
- in
- finding
- what
- unites
- us,
- in
- building
- on
- a
- sense
- of
- shared
- purpose—our
- common
- hopes
- and
- dreams—and
- in
- coming
- together
- on
- common ground.
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