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The Justin Trudeau steamroller flattened all opposition in its path today as the 41-year-old MP won 80 percent of the votes to become the Leader of the Liberal Party of Canada. “My fellow Liberals, it is with great respect for those who have stood in this place before me and great resolve to do the hard work that is required in front of us that I accept with great humility the confidence you have placed in me,” Trudeau told a cheering crowd at the Ottawa Westin Hotel. Observers said the new leader spoke with poise and confidence, rewarding those who hope to see him as prime minister after the 2015 general election. It was a nearly pre-ordained victory for Mr. Trudeau, who many analysts feel has grown during the campaign. Others say his more polished appearance and utterances would be an easy cram in the midst of a leadership love fest. Tonight’s victory revealed both seasoned party loyalists and giddy newcomers cheering their new leader. It is, as must be expected, all about winning. Just how many people will vote Liberal in 2015 because they have a crush on Mr. Trudeau cannot be specified. But it will be an element. In today’s voting Vancouver MP Joyce Murray came a distant second, with her call for co-operation with the NDP and Greens in the next election, followed by former MP Martha Hall Findlay. Reporters wondering how Mr. Trudeau “plans to rescue his party from the brink of extinction” may already have seen his secret weapon. In a statement, the Conservative party said “Justin Trudeau may have a famous last name, but in a time of global economic uncertainty, he doesn’t have the judgement or experience to be Prime Minister.”
