On Monday, Canada’s current and next Prime Ministers, Justin Trudeau and Pierre Poilievre, gave consecutive speeches at a Jewish community commemoration of the October 7 atrocities.

Trudeau gave a perfunctory speech, designed not to offend anyone and clearly mindful of the Muslim vote outside the synagogue. He wasted much of it praising his ministers and MPs who deigned to grace the occasion, implying how wonderful they all were.