Canadian artists will be front and centre at the National Gallery this summer

Stephen Maher’s book The Prince: The Turbulent Reign of Justin Trudeau landed in spring 2024, just as the then prime minister’s brand was in free fall. The year before, he had announced his separation from his wife, Sophie Grégoire Trudeau. Then, last September, a no-confidence vote was tabled by the Conservatives. Trudeau survived it, as well as two more no-confidence motions in subsequent months. But in late December, one-third of his own caucus called for him to step down. “Canadians had had enough of him—I kept saying that as I was trying to sell the book,” Maher says. “He had...