I'm always surprised when people are surprised about the wiles of someone who seeks and gets power.  Mr. Trudeau was lucky that he could tap into the progressive memes that have inundated us (and especially the young)  for the last couple of decades, claiming to represent them all.  

But man does not rule by meme alone.  

I didn't like Mr. Harper as PM, but I find Mr. Trudeau worse.  The former at least made no bones about who he was.  Our current PM so sweetly phony it makes my teeth ache.