A Summer of Discontent for Prime Minister Trudeau

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau addresses a press conference at the conclusion of the G7 summit in Quebec, on June 9, 2018. Remarks made by Trudeau at the press conference angered U.S. President Donald Trump, resulting in Canada being sidelined in NAFTA negotiations. LARS HAGBERG/AFP/Getty Images

If Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has been hearing a flapping sound recently, it would be from a flock of chickens coming home to roost.

With little more than a year remaining before facing the electorate, Trudeau has transformed what was anticipated to be a political “cake walk,” providing him with a second mandate into a serious political contest.