Amy Hamm: Remember when Katy Perry's boyfriend tanked our economy?
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Orsign-inif you have an account. Justin Trudeau and Katy Perry attended the Coachella music festival togetherPhoto by Katy Perry/InstagramI cannot take any more of Justin Trudeau and Katy Perry’s public romance. Yes, I know that by writing about it I am only drawing more attention to the matter — but please allow me to indulge in some catharsis, here. I’m certain that swathes of us Canadians are feeling the same revulsion towards the pair’s very public displays of affection, which includeTrudeau staring Perry down like a famished tiger. (Shudder. )Enjoy the latest local, national and international news. Exclusive articles by Conrad Black, Barbara Kay and others. Plus, special edition NP Platformed and First Reading newsletters and virtual events. Unlimited online access to National Post. National Post ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition to view on any device, share and comment on. Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword. Support local journalism. 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Access articles from across Canada with one accountShare your thoughts and join the conversation in the commentsEnjoy additional articles per monthGet email updates from your favourite authorsSign In or Create an AccountorThat said, not everyone hates it: most of the time, when I come across the pair it’s because some apolitical social media influencer has shared the latest photos or videos of the duo, announcing how adorable they are together and claiming that Trudeau deserves this happy timeline after his years of public service. This newsletter from NP Comment tackles the topics you care about. (Subscriber-exclusive edition on Fridays)By signing up you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. We encountered an issue signing you up. Please try againMy problem is an inability to look at Trudeau and see anyone other than the man largely responsible forCanada’s Liberal Lost Decade. Trudeau was less of a public servant than a man who served the public a platter of stagnating GDP, a reduction in entrepreneurship, collapsing investment, enormous deficits, a cost-of-living crisis, a health-care system pushed towards collapse, an increase in hate crimes, the addition of biological males in women’s prisons (and sports, rape crisis shelters and toilets), the unlawful invocation of the Emergencies Act, a preposterous prorogation of Parliament, and, of course, extra heapings of woke virtue signalling and divisive rhetoric that contributed to our country being more polarized than at any other time in its history. The hangover from Trudeau’s leadership will remain for years, and probably decades. But now, Trudeau has somehow managed to rehabilitate his reputation from a blight on Canada to aCoachella-attending, backwards ballcap wearingcelebrity boyfriend. “The former prime minister of Canada wore a backwards baseball cap and ate instant noodles with his girlfriend, Katy Perry,” gushed online gossip magazine Jezebel. Well, gosh golly, doesn’t that sure make Canada’s economic and cultural destruction under Trudeau a bit more tolerable? (No. ) The glowing media coverage of their relationship is unrelenting. It also appears that Trudeau behaves, around Perry, in a manner that baits Paparazzi types. It is undignified and unserious for a former prime minister to transition into a new career that consists of making international headlines about how well he’s doing being the boyfriend of a popstar. (Trudeau appears otherwise jobless. ) It is, however, an accurate reflection of how little intellectual substance Trudeau demonstrated during his years in power. “’Boyfriend duties call,’ Trudeau says after skipping Canada (soccer) match to watch Perry” reads arecent BBC headline. “Katy Perry and Justin Trudeau steal kisses during Santa Barbara picnic ahead of one-year anniversary,” reads aFox News headline. Or how aboutthe Page Six story: “Justin Trudeau couldn’t keep his hands off Katy Perry during the premiere of her new concert movie. ” They are the type of headlines that only a lovesick teenage girl or narcissistic adult could feel proud of. To Canadians who are unhappy with the state Trudeau left our country in, these blithe headlines feel like one last kick in the teeth from our former leader, who this yearpurchased a $4. 26 million home in Montreal. We are all familiar with the mythological figure Narcissus, who fell in love with his own reflection and subsequently withered and died, literally unable to stop staring at his face. Surely the modern version of Narcissus would, rather than dying at the side of a reflecting pool, instead spend his time performing in public to capture the world’s attention and get plastered over the internet and media. How many hours do you figure Trudeau has spent staring at the media coverage of his relationship with Perry? And how many hours do you figure he has spent reflecting on the damage he inflicted upon Canada?Perryrecently told Elle magazinethat she feels “anchored” by Trudeau, who she also described as the love of her life. “I fly super high and touch the veil … cosmos … and sometimes I need to be anchored. So, to have that anchor finally makes me feel really whole now,” Perry said. While Perry is “anchored” by Trudeau, Canada was unmoored by him. If only Perry had called on Trudeau to perform his “boyfriend duties” before he got his hands on the country. He is, evidently, much better at being a boyfriend than a prime minister. National PostJoin the ConversationThis website uses cookies to personalize your content (including ads), and allows us to analyze our traffic. Read more aboutcookies here. By continuing to use our site, you agree to ourTerms of UseandPrivacy Policy.