The frosty relationship between Dion and Trudeau — “glacial,” as Coulon puts it — goes way back.
Quoting from Trudeau’s own autobiography, Coulon theorizes that in 2006, then-leader Dion’s chilly reception to Trudeau’s political candidacy left wounds that would never heal. Dion rebuffed Trudeau’s first attempt at securing a nomination in the Montreal riding of Outremont. Then he stood in the way again with a second attempt in Papineau — but this time Trudeau succeeded, ultimately getting elected.
The two would never be close. And in the early days of the Trudeau government, the rumour about town, Coulon says, was that Dion’s convictions and combative style led to much sparring around the cabinet table, bringing some of the other ministers — described by Coulon as Trudeau acolytes — to tears.
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