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Justin Trudeau

Prime Minister of Canada, 2015 to 2025

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Legalized cannabis, put a price on carbon and welcomed refugees before resigning in 2025.

Justin Trudeau sits in the left-libertarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: slightly state-led and slightly libertarian. The clearest positions are strongly progressive on culture, leaning globalist on nation and leaning nature-first on environment.

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Where Justin Trudeau sits on ten dimensions

Each scale runs from one pole to the other, and the dot shows the overall tendency of this person's record and public life. These are simplified estimates and open to debate.

💰EconomySlightly state-led
State-ledFree market
⚖️Liberty and authoritySlightly libertarian
LibertarianAuthoritarian
🎭CultureStrongly progressive
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationLeaning globalist
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentLeaning nature-first
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologyLeaning tech-optimist
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceSlightly peace-first
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsLeaning institutional
Anti-establishmentInstitutional
🙏ReligionLeaning secular
SecularReligious
🛡️InterventionismSlightly interventionist
Non-interventionistInterventionist

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People furthest from Justin Trudeau

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Political views closest to Justin Trudeau

ProgressivismUses government to advance social equality, civil rights and reform.99%Social democracyKeeps a market economy but adds strong public services, unions and progressive taxes to…99%Social liberalismDefends individual rights and open societies while backing public services and equal…99%Market socialismCombines worker or public ownership of firms with markets and competition.99%

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Percentages show how close two profiles are across all ten dimensions. Including a person here is for study and comparison, not approval. Portrait: Justin Trudeau – Prime Minister of Canada, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons; see all photo credits.