On the day that Chrystia Freeland detonated the remains of Justin Trudeau’s premiership, it was noted that, at the emergency caucus meeting held that night, Freeland and Trudeau hugged. The prime minister likes hugs. He likes being hugged.

In her memoirs, Jody Wilson-Raybould, confirmed that even after Trudeau had fired her as attorney general for refusing to take his political direction in prosecuting SNC-Lavalin, there were hugs.