The curious predicament of Sophie Grégoire Trudeau

The curious predicament of Sophie Grégoire Trudeau

Eleanor Roosevelt said that the role of the First Lady was not a job but rather a circumstance. For Sophie Grégoire Trudeau, it is even more oblique. She is neither the former First Lady — since Canada does not endow the prime ministerial spouse with “première dame” status — nor is she wife to Justin Trudeau, since their separation in 2023. In the wake of his resignation this week, she inhabits a curious predicament. How better to occupy that qu…