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TIFA’s most provocative conversation series returns, bringing together authors and industry experts to examine the culture and politics that shape the world around us and the books we read. Where has it gone wrong for Justin Trudeau and the governing Liberal Party? With a meteoric rise, after almost a decade in power, with a prime minister who is near-royalty in Canada, they now face an electorate dissatisfied and disenfranchised. Author of the first comprehensive biography of Justin Trudeau as Prime Minister, columnist, investigative reporter and long-time Canadian political writer, Stephen Maher, takes readers behind-the-scenes of the government capturing the triumphs, and failures, and examines where it went wrong. Based on interviews with over 200 insiders and Trudeau himself, Maher captures the highs and lows of Trudeau’s tenure, and captures what is required to succeed in 21^st century politics.

Moderator: Vass Bednar

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Stephen Maher

Stephen Maher has been writing about Canadian politics since 1989. As a columnist and investigative reporter for Postmedia News, iPolitics and Maclean’s, he has often set the agenda on Parliament Hill, covering political corruption, electoral wrongdoing, misinformation and human rights abuses.

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