Justin Trudeau named distinguished fellow at Oxford’s Blavatnik School of Government

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Justin Trudeau named distinguished fellow at Oxford’s Blavatnik School of Government

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Editor’s Note:

So, Justin Trudeau has landed a new gig as a Distinguished Fellow at Oxford’s Blavatnik School of Government, where he’ll help teach the next generation how to “improve governance around the world.” What Oxford has really done has hired the guy who crashed the family car to run driver’s ed.

Over his decade in office, Ottawa’s debt roughly doubled, and the “temporary” deficits never really ended. He also invoked the Emergencies Act against a trucker protest and froze the bank accounts of people who’d given money to it, which a move a federal judge later ruled was unreasonable.

Now he’ll be mentoring students and swapping notes with fellow ex-leaders like Rishi Sunak and Jacinda Ardern. Oxford won’t say whether he’s being paid, how long he’ll be there or how much he’ll actually show up. But you don’t need those details to see how it works. Retired politicians don’t get judged on what they did, the club always takes care of its own. If the Blavatnik School really wanted to teach good governance, it could start with a simple rule: the less of it, the better. Then it could invite some of the Canadians who had their bank accounts frozen to give a guest lecture.

 

Originally posted by CBC:

Former prime minister Justin Trudeau has joined England’s Oxford University in a new role.

Trudeau, 54, joined the Blavatnik School of Government as a distinguished fellow and member of the World Leaders Circle, the school said in a news release on Friday.

The release says the former Liberal leader joins an international network of former heads of government, including former New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern and former British prime minister Rishi Sunak.

From 2015 to 2025, Trudeau served as Canada’s prime minister before stepping down.

The Blavatnik School, founded in 2010, says it is focused on public policy education and inspiring students to improve the “quality of government and public policy-making worldwide.”

Trudeau says in the news release that he is looking forward to “contributing his experience” and working with other leaders to “consider how governments can respond to change and build a more hopeful, inclusive and prosperous future for everyone.”

“In the decade that I was prime minister, the world went through profound change both geopolitically and technologically, which fundamentally reshaped our world,” Trudeau said.

Ngaire Woods, dean of the Blavatnik School, said Trudeau brings “a wealth of experience, forged through a decade of public service” that will be beneficial to students.

“Our students are the public leaders of tomorrow, and the opportunity to learn directly from those who have navigated the complexities of government … is invaluable,” Woods said in the release.

Trudeau is expected to visit the school later this month.

Since stepping back from politics following his resignation as federal Liberal leader and prime minister last year, Trudeau has flitted in and out of the public eye, delivering speeches around the world and popping up at events with his popstar girlfriend Katy Perry.

Last month, Trudeau announced that he was venturing into the entertainment world with the launch of a new media and entertainment production company called Hope & Hard Work, a joint project with Katie Telford, his longtime chief of staff.