Behind-the-scenes of Justin Trudeau's first day as Prime Minister

Peter Mansbridge goes behind-the-scenes of Justin Trudeau's first day as Prime Minister of Canada.

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[tonyhouse]

I bet a lot of people would reconsider these comments at this point in time. 8 year's ago Canadas biggest mistake.

[perryfefchuk]

I would rather see and hear about his Last day in Parliament

[isidro]

People shouldn't be afraid of their government. Governments should be afraid of their people

[johncakes]

Whenever trudeau comes on the news i change the channel-IMMEDIATELY!

[gaarax]

"Are we wearing the same tie??" lmaoo.
Man its awesome to have a prime minister who seems human, not like...whatever harper was.

[TrueStrongNorth]

A lot of these comments didn't age well.

[YackYum]

I've been very skeptical of Trudeau and will continue to do so but.. Uploading a 25 min video of a behind the scenes of his first day as PM with the meeting on Parliament hill, the limo, special moments with his kids, this has never been done before by any world leader. I am very impressed.

[lookitsapanther]

Despite the obvious editing, like any media, i'm pretty impressed. I'm not left, nor right, i'm a die-hard logical skeptic. I'll never be completely sold on Trudeau. With that being said, this is the first time in my life I can somewhat smile about our political future. This is at least promising. I love Canada and I hope this turns out for us.

[soving]

Of all the things he must have been taught by his parents, one glaring oversight is... "Better to remain quiet and be thought a fool than open your mouth and remove any doubt"

[vgamedude]

Remember if you can't argue a point just mention what year it is and you've won.

[hani]

Who is watching this after Trudeau won re-election 2019

[CCNuck]

D'awww, him interrupting his interview response to excitedly point out the bells to his kids. And asking them if they want to see their dad's office, then saying it was their grandfather's office, too.

[serenasmith]

I dont know what makes me cringe more. The fawning media or this comment section. Ugh, you'd think was the 15th century and a new king has been crowned. FFS people he is just a rich kid POLITICAN He isnt and never will be one of us. Stop acting like the idiot townspeople of yore. Its 2015 right?

[Dycehart]

How dare you get my hopes up


[edit] beware the comments below this one, there is no hope here.

[tipoomaster]

Peter looks really spaced out in the car ride, lol.

[MsVeggieEater]

People should actually take a look at the new cabinet before complaining about the gender balance. Myself, I was very impressed.

[bungusussytheii]

it's funny how he lived there 30 years ago as a kid and now 30 years later hes back as prime minister xD

[intellivisionmaster]

The video depicts Mr. Trudeau perfectly. His position as PM is one gigantic photo-op.

[AlexColberg]

These are politically exciting times in Canada.

[AWSVids]

Just the fact that he seems to love people, interacting with people and being in the media is a welcome change. It's what a world leader should do. Be out there, letting people see and hear what he is doing. Even if it weren't for all the crap Harper did, just the fact that he hid from the media so much and seemed to have disdain for working with people was enough to render him unworthy of the PM's office in my eyes. And it's strange for me to have such disapproval of reclusiveness, because I'm rather reclusive myself. But that's exactly why I admire Trudeau's openness and bravery in the social and public sphere. It's ironic that the attack ads against him criticized his lack of experience as a politician, because I think not being a typical career politician is exactly why he hasn't lost his humanity by the time he got to the PM's office. Harper did and that's why he was so unsavoury while in office. I think we need more politicians who are "just not ready".