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Is Justin Trudeau just completely lacking in self awareness?

The prime minister actually said on Wednesday that if Canadians want to protect public education, they need a teacher as PM.

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“Protecting public education is not a social program or a moral issue, it’s a hard-core economic issue,” Trudeau told a campaign-like stop in Ontario.

“And the fact that Conservatives from Doug Ford to Andrew Scheer don’t seem to understand the value of investing in our public education is yet another reason you need a teacher to continue to be prime minister.”

There is so much wrong with this statement.

Let’s start with the obvious: The prime minister has zero responsibility for our public education systems in Canada.

This isn’t a knock against Trudeau, it’s a constitutional reality. The federal government doesn’t pay for kindergarten-Grade 12 education unless we are talking military families or in First Nations communities.