The challenge for Canada's Trudeau: substance over style


  • World
  • Wednesday, 28 Jan 2015

Liberal leader Justin Trudeau takes part in an interview with Reuters on Parliament Hill in Ottawa January 27, 2015. REUTERS/Chris Wattie

OTTAWA (Reuters) - Justin Trudeau, the man with the best shot at replacing Stephen Harper as Canada's prime minister, will spend this year's election campaign trying to convince voters that he is more than just a pretty face.

Trudeau, 43, a relative political novice, took over Canada's storied but struggling Liberal Party in 2013 and quickly hauled it into first place in polls, largely on the basis of his personal appeal.

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