Images of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau receiving a coronavirus vaccination, along with other world leaders, were intended to send a reassuring message about public health. It also puts polite politicians in a more revealing position, albeit infrequently.
Prime Minister Trudeau rolled up his sleeve to reveal a tattoo depicting the Earth inside a Haida crow, an Indigenous symbol.
Mr. Trudeau was Canada’s second-youngest leader when he came to power in 2015. The heir to the political legacy left by his father, who served as prime minister for nearly 15 years, Mr. Trudeau burst onto the world stage and captured Canada’s imagination. Flowing hair and characteristic cool socks.
He attracted the cameras and appeared on the social pages, sometimes as often as in the news columns. Of course, there was a downside to being photographed so often. His tattoos were initially admired by British Columbia’s First Nations, but became the subject of scorn after the government approved natural oil and gas projects near their traditional fishing grounds.
On Monday, after nearly a decade in office, Mr. Trudeau, deeply unpopular with many voters dissatisfied with pocket money issues, resigned as leader of the Liberal Party and will soon end his role as prime minister. Here are some images that defined his career.
Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau (from left) greets his sons. Justin, Sasha, and Michelle return from a trip abroad. Mr. Trudeau’s youngest brother, Michelle, died in an avalanche while backcountry skiing in British Columbia in 1998. “Grief shattered my father’s life from the time we buried Michelle until his own death two years later,” Trudeau wrote in his 2014 memoir. , my father was never the same person. ”
Vjosa Isai Contributed to report from Toronto.
