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Monday on this page, Chris Nelson mused about what the reasons might be for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau falling out of favour in the polls with Canadian women.

Well, Chris, unlike Trudeau, I can’t speak for all women. But if we were to compare it to a divorce, then I’d have to say it’s because too many resentments have piled up in this marriage and the last straw was reached.

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As electors, women are really not much different than men – that means yes, we are interested in NATO, Ukraine, trade with China, the F-35s and Canada’s role in Mali, to name just a few foreign policy issues. We are not restricted to the sexist category of “women’s issues,” whatever those are deemed to be.

So for me, it started before he was elected, when he had few, if any, foreign policies in his platform. As they say in the world of dating: “Red flag!”

A second red flag began snapping furiously in the breeze when Trudeau indicated that legalizing marijuana was at the top of his to-do list. With all the serious issues facing Canada at home and abroad, couldn’t he find something with a little more gravitas to prioritize? Apparently, he could not.