Andrew Phillips/Toronto Star: And there’s this eye-raiser: “Crying was routine at cabinet meetings.” Kleenex was kept on hand for ministers overcome with emotion (Freeland doesn’t say exactly who or why) and some would get hugs from the PM.
At the same time, she was appalled when Trudeau openly bullied people around him and policed the language used at the cabinet table. At one point “a very progressive female colleague” casually referred to something as “crazy,” earning her a “long, harsh public scolding from Trudeau” on the grounds it was insulting to people with mental health issues. Ministers were told to call things “bananas” instead. Truly bizarre…