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Joan Bryden Prime Minister Justin Trudeau returns to Rideau Cottage following a news conference in Ottawa, Friday December 18, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld December 20, 2020 - 2:00 AM OTTAWA - Justin Trudeau always knew 2020 was going to be a difficult year, his first leading a minority Liberal government dependent on opposition party support for its survival. But thats turned out to be the least of the prime ministers worries as the country has lurched from ...

Trudeau reflects on difficult 2020 as country lurched from one crisis to another by Joan Bryden, The Canadian Press Posted Dec 20, 2020 5:00 am EDT Last Updated Dec 20, 2020 at 12:15 pm EDT Prime Minister Justin Trudeau takes part in an update on the COVID-19 pandemic in Ottawa on Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick Summary COVID-19 swept across Canada in mid-March, forcing the country into lockdown Not since WWII has a prime minister borne the weight of so much direct re...

Published Sunday, December 20, 2020 6:20AM EST OTTAWA -- Justin Trudeau always knew 2020 was going to be a difficult year, his first leading a minority Liberal government dependent on opposition party support for its survival. But thats turned out to be the least of the prime ministers worries as the country has lurched from one crisis to another. It started in early January with the deaths of dozens of Canadians whose plane was shot down by Iranian missiles and its ending wit...