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KINSELLA: Conservatives angry with private citizen Justin Trudeau miss PM Justin Trudeau Back to video

See that? Say his name, and lots of people get upset. Happens every time.

I saw the former prime minister this week in Ottawa — or at least I think I did. I was passing through the capital and decided to stop in at my favourite Chinese place for lunch. Place was packed. Long wait.

No time to wait. So I decided to make use of the washroom before hitting the road again. As I did so, I passed a table where a fellow — who looked very much like Justin Trudeau — was seated with a couple of young people. He was wearing sunglasses and looking at a slip of paper.

I used the facilities and left. Did what everyone else in the restaurant was doing: Let him be.

Ten minutes later, back on the 417, I completely forgot about Justin Trudeau. Until now, that is, when I sat down to write this opinion column.

So, here’s my opinion: He’s gone. Get over it, Canada.

At the end of Trudeau’s tenure, lots of people wanted him gone. I was one of the ones who predicted he’d resign before facing Pierre Poilievre on the campaign trail. Several people at this newspaper bet that I was wrong.........

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