The question a journalist ought to have posed to Trudeau is this: If an apology from Ottawa is so appropriate and needed, then why sir did YOU YOURSELF not deliver the apology?

I mean, come on, after all, Trudeau is an apology-issuing machine, having issued past apologies on everything from west coast migration events ("Trudeau apologizes in House for 1914 Komagata Maru incident") to Ontario-originating partner laws ("Egale Applauds Trudeau’s Announcement of Apology to Persecuted Gay Canadians") to shoulder-checking politicians ("Trudeau apologises for elbowing opposition MP in Canada's parliament) to choice of language ("Trudeau apologizes for answering English question in French at Sherbrooke town hall"), the list goes on and on.

Sorry, Trudeau, you cannot have it both ways. Either an apology is TRULY a paramount need and therefore YOU step forward to deliver it in full throated fashion, or else an apology is not that at all and you play manipulative games today with your words.