No, what he thinks now matters. I don’t want a bigot as the PM even if he doesn’t govern like a bigot. (As if that type of personal view wouldn’t influence your governing).
Did Harper's personal anti-gay marriage stance influence his governing?
I'd much prefer a PM who was pro gay marriage in his personal views.
I don't want a religious homophobe as the PM, or a lying bully crook virtue signaler as PM, or an inept fool Sikh terrorist sympathizer, or a reality-deprived spend-o-rama socialist (May), or a separatist, or a racist hot-head. So pick your poison.