I agree that Trudeau could have chosen his words more carefully but the point he was attempting to make is worth discussing.
First off, Harper is a Majority Prime Minister with 40% support of Canadians. While that is a fact of our parliamentary electoral system, it does not give Harper the tacit justification to make major changes in social policy without bringing the issues to the public.
If Western led, conservative majority government makes drastic changes in Canada's social policy such as Gay marriage and abortion, it is not the kind of Canada I would want to be part of either. If the justice system is reformed into "one size fits all" sentencing, it is not a justice system I would support or have faith in.
Trudeau's comments simply highlight the divisions in our country that exist along both geographical and linguistic lines. The federal conservatives had focused their election platform on economic issues and gained support as a result. Had they made social change the focus of their campaign, as did the Ontario PC party, I think their support would have waned and they would not now be in a majority position
