Alexandre Trudeau, second son of the 15th prime minister and brother of the 23rd, insisted on appearing before the standing committee on access to information, privacy and ethics to defend the honour of the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation. His brother’s government surely would have rather he hadn’t, if only to avoid giving the story any more attention.
But except for the mere spectacle of a famous son and brother appearing before a parliamentary committee, it’s not obvious that the opposition Conservatives gained much from Trudeau’s appearance either.
Indeed, the two hours that Trudeau spent answering questions from MPs on Wednesday only seemed to make
