Justin Trudeau

The Right Honourable Justin Trudeau PC MP
Trudeau in 2023
23rd Prime Minister of Canada
Incumbent
Assumed office November 4, 2015
Monarchs	Elizabeth II Charles III
Governors General	David Johnston Julie Payette Mary Simon
Deputy	Chrystia Freeland (2019–2024)
Preceded by	Stephen Harper
Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs and Youth
In office November 4, 2015 – July 18, 2018
Prime Minister	Himself
Preceded by	Denis Lebel[a]
Succeeded by	Dominic LeBlanc[b]
Leader of the Liberal Party
Incumbent
Assumed office April 14, 2013
Deputy	Ralph Goodale (2013–2015)
Preceded by	Bob Rae (interim)
Member of Parliament for Papineau
Incumbent
Assumed office October 14, 2008
Preceded by	Vivian Barbot
Personal details
Born	Justin Pierre James Trudeau (1971-12-25) December 25, 1971 (age 52) Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Political party	Liberal
Spouse	Sophie Grégoire ​ ​ (m. 2005; sep. 2023)​
Children	3
Parents	Pierre Trudeau (father) Margaret Sinclair (mother)
Relatives	Trudeau family
Residences	Rideau Cottage (primary) Harrington Lake (seasonal)
Alma mater	McGill University (BA) University of British Columbia (BEd) École Polytechnique de Montréal (no degree)
Occupation	Politician teacher
Salary	CA$406,200 (2024)[1]
Signature
Website	Government website Party website
Justin Trudeau's voice Trudeau celebrating Canada Day Recorded July 1, 2018

Justin Pierre James Trudeau^[c] (born December 25, 1971) is a Canadian politician who has been serving as the 23rd prime minister of Canada since 2015 and the leader of the Liberal Party since 2013.

Trudeau was born in Ottawa, Ontario, and attended Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf. He graduated from McGill University in 1994 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in literature, then in 1998 acquired a Bachelor of Education degree from the University of British Columbia. After graduating, he taught at the secondary school level in Vancouver, before relocating back to Montreal in 2002 to further his studies. He was chair for the youth charity Katimavik and director of the not-for-profit Canadian Avalanche Association. In 2006, he was appointed as chair of the Liberal Party's Task Force on Youth Renewal. In the 2008 federal election, he was elected to represent the riding of Papineau in the House of Commons. He was the Liberal Party's Official Opposition critic for youth and multiculturalism in 2009; the following year, he became critic for citizenship and immigration. In 2011, he was appointed as a critic for secondary education and sport. In 2013, Trudeau was elected as leader of the Liberal Party, and led the party to a majority government in the 2015 federal election. Trudeau was the second-youngest prime minister in Canadian history when he took office and the first to be the child of a previous holder of the post, as the eldest son of Pierre Trudeau.

Major government initiatives he undertook during his first term included establishing the Canada Child Benefit, legalizing medical assistance in dying, legalizing recreational marijuana through the Cannabis Act; attempting Senate appointment reform by establishing the Independent Advisory Board for Senate Appointments and establishing the federal carbon tax. In foreign policy, Trudeau's government negotiated trade deals such as the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA) and the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership, and signed the Paris Agreement on climate change. He was sanctioned by Canada's ethics commissioner for violating conflict of interest rules regarding the Aga Khan affair, and later again with the SNC-Lavalin affair.

Trudeau's Liberal Party was reduced to a minority government in the 2019 federal election. His government responded to the COVID-19 pandemic, announced an "assault-style" weapons ban in response to the 2020 Nova Scotia attacks, and launched a national $10-a-day child care program. He was investigated for a third time by the ethics commissioner for his part in the WE Charity scandal, but was cleared of wrongdoing. In the 2021 federal election, he led the Liberals to another minority government. In 2022, he invoked the Emergencies Act in response to the Freedom Convoy protests and responded to the Russian invasion of Ukraine by imposing sanctions on Russia and authorizing military aid to Ukraine. His party signed a confidence and supply agreement with the New Democratic Party (NDP) in early 2022, which resulted in the Canadian Dental Care Plan for residents that meet a certain income threshold and a framework for national pharmacare; in late 2024, the NDP opted to terminate the agreement.

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