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For Justin Trudeau, Joe Biden and Julie Payette provided welcome distractions from a more dangerous political problem

Where to start?

Justin Trudeau’s hand-picked governor-general resigned in disgrace.

Hours into his presidency, Joe Biden killed the Keystone pipeline project.

It adds up to a rocky week for the prime minister. And yet it could have been worse, for the big clouds of the past few days came with a political silver lining for the government. There are times when one storm does chase another.

Without Donald Trump’s much-awaited exit from the White House and Julie Payette’s unceremonious departure from Rideau Hall, Trudeau was destined to spend the week on centre stage, tied to a vaccine hot seat.

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