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The curious predicament of Sophie Grégoire Trudeau

10 January 2025

1:33 AM

10 January 2025

1:33 AM

Eleanor Roosevelt said that the role of the First Lady was not a job but rather a circumstance. For Sophie Grégoire Trudeau, it is even more oblique. She is neither the former First Lady — since Canada does not endow the prime ministerial spouse with “première dame” status — nor is she wife to Justin Trudeau, since their separation in 2023.

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