Justin Trudeau is the first "son of" to reach such high office at the federal level in Canada, but not the only interesting scion in the new Liberal government. Ottawa-Kanata, the riding next over from us, elected one Andrew Leslie, late Lieutenant-General and Commander of the Canadian Army; Mr Leslie is the grandson not only of General Andrew McNaughton, Commander of First Canadian Army from 1940 to 1944, but also the Honorable Brooke Claxton, Minister of National Health and Welfare under Mackenzie King and Minister of National Defence under Louis St. Laurent. Much is hoped for and expected of Mr Leslie.

Meanwhile, I'm sure I'm not alone in the hope that Justin Trudeau is more like Pitt the Younger than he is like George Dubya Bush.