A collapse of their Toronto—St. Paul’s fortress is just the beginning. All that remains to be seen is how extensive the Liberals’ inevitable ruin will be once Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s strange, destructive experiment is over. As Liberal activist and strategist Andrew Perez tells Brian Lilley, the prime minister has made the once-mighty, centrist “natural governing party” into something unrecognizable — and likely unelectable — by driving out moderates and effectively merging with the NDP. While pundits and politicos gossip about when or whether Trudeau will quit, Perez says Liberals face a more existential crisis that’s years in the making. The party is lost. And it’s not clear how, or under whom, it can find its way again. (Recorded June 28, 2024.)
