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By Gerry Nicholls

When Prime Minister Justin Trudeau took power in 2015, he promised us “change.”

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At the time, we all thought it was government he was going to change, making it better or – given this is Trudeau we’re talking about – making it adorable.

But it turns out we were wrong.

Only now, are we starting to realize that what Trudeau really wants to change isn’t government, it’s us he wants to change.

That’s to say, he wants to modify our collective behaviour, or if you prefer, to “social engineer” us into what he considers a superior breed of human. And it should go without saying that the model for this superior breed of human is none other than Justin Trudeau himself.

In fact, although I’m not privy to the prime minister’s inner circle, I’m willing to bet his party ideologists refer to the better human they’re envisioning as the “New Trudeau Man.”

(Yes, I know “New Trudeau Man” sounds sexist, but “New Trudeau Person” lacks the academic cachet required for naming an ideologically-inspired human archetype.)