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"otherwise nothing"? So misinformed, such political naivete!

the kimmo is misinformed and misinforming - by design, hey!

pre-pandemic... say, 2018 in review:

I am not going to claim that Trudeau "did nothing".  In the past I have usually supported the conservatives, but I'm not gong to claim that Trudeau is the love child of Stalin and a Star Trek Tribble. (And I have to admit, there are some things he has done that I think were good.... his handling of drug laws for one). On covid it was pretty much a mixed bag... did some things well, other things were questionable.

On the other hand, there were some things that I think were significant disappointments.... Liberal handling of the CF18 replacements and their inability to deal with the deficit (not so much during covid, when deficit spending was expected, but pre-covid) were things i particularly disliked.

As for your list... it certainly does look impressive. But, many of those aren't necessarily the type of "big impressive project", but more of the general type of day-to-day programs any government gets involved in.

"otherwise nothing"? So misinformed, such political naivete!

the kimmo is misinformed and misinforming - by design, hey!

pre-pandemic... say, 2018 in review:
- Increasing the Canada Child Benefit to help families keep up with the cost of living

Harper also increased benefits to families with children.

- Introduced the new Poverty Reduction Act, which if passed, will cut poverty in half by 2030

I think every party claims they will somehow reduce or eliminate poverty... in the future. Never seems to happen.

- Canadians have created more than 800,000 new jobs since 2015, and Canada’s unemployment rate is at its lowest in 40 years

I don't think that's right. Latest figures I could find had the unemployment rate at ~7.8%. This is higher than the unemployment rate in 2019 (5.7%), and even higher than the unemployment rate in 2007 (6%, when Harper was PM).

Now, admittedly, I do not blame Trudeau for the increase in unemployment.... the increase was covid-related, a situation that he had no ability to stop. And while he may deserve some credit for not totally messing things up, I think that many of the fluctuations in unemployment rate or GDP growth are down to global factors that our PM has little opportunity to change.

See:
https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/daily-quotidien/210709/cg-a002-eng.htm
https://www.statista.com/statistics/578362/unemployment-rate-canada/

- New investments to end drinking water advisories on reserves

This is a good thing. But then, the Harper government also spent millions of dollars on improving drinking water on native reserves. I suspect any government would have done the same thing.

- Hosted the G7 in Charlevoix to address climate change, gender equality, and building economies that work for everyone

Countries take turns hosting the G7 summits. It was Canada's turn. Whomever was the PM would have hosted the summit, regardless of party.

- Offered an official apology to passengers of the MS. St. Louis and their families

Again, these types of apologies are easy to issue and Prime Ministers tend to issue them with regularity. (For example, Harper issued an apology to students of the residential schools.)

- Increased support for NATO, and renewed Canadian leadership in the world

What exactly does 'renewed leadership' actually mean? Sounds like one of these phrases that doesn't really MEAN anything, but easy to claim.

As for NATO, prior to COVID our military spending (as a percentage of GDP) has risen slightly since Trudeau took office, but we are still a long way from meeting our commitments.

See: https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/MS.MIL.XPND.GD.ZS?end=2019&locations=CA&start=1960&view=chart