At about 8:45 on Monday morning, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau arrived on Parliament Hill, his motorcade gliding to a stop in front of the ornate set of wooden doors used almost exclusively by him.
But instead of immediately getting out, Mr. Trudeau stayed in the back seat of the black SUV, on the phone.
On the other end of the line: his deputy prime minister and finance minister, Chrystia Freeland.
