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The morning after he told his parliamentary colleagues to go forth and multiply, Justin Trudeau spoke at the National Prayer Breakfast.

Without irony, the prime minister read from Romans 12, which states: “Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse.”

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It would be nice to report the text, which also urges believers to “live in harmony with one another,” was chosen in a moment of spontaneous contrition but apparently it was picked some time ago. Nevertheless, Trudeau did return to the scene of the crime, in an apparent attempt to break the world apology record, lamenting his “poor choices” in the House of Commons.

The Conservatives are now trying to link Trudeau’s apparent belief he’s the king of Parliament Hill to the government’s arbitrary approach on a range of policies, including democratic reform.