Y! exclusive: Tory MP says Justin Trudeau ran on his celebrity status, hasn’t demonstrated substance

The Conservatives have already begun slagging newly minted Liberal leader Justin Trudeau.

Political parties often send one or two MPs to the conventions of their opponents.

The Conservative Party's representative at the Liberal leadership announcement on Sunday, was none other than Canadian Heritage Minister James Moore. And he wasn't shy to voice his opinion about what transpired.

Here's what he had to say:

Yahoo!: So what do you think of the leadership results?

Moore: Obviously no surprise but we'll see.

I think you put the gun to the head of anybody in this room and you ask them 'quickly what would Justin Trudeau do as prime minister tomorrow', nobody knows.

He didn't run on any policy, he ran on his celebrity status because he is the son of Pierre Trudeau. So that's an advantage, but that reservoir runs dry very quickly when people start actually looking for a prospective prime minister and there's a long way before he demonstrates that he's prepared to lead a G-8 nation.

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Yahoo!: So, you don't think he can sustain his numbers in the current polls?

Moore: Time will tell. But what I'm saying he has a real challenge to actually demonstrate that he has any substance and he hasn't demonstrated that in this leadership race.

The structure of the race, the debates themselves, the whole process wasn't about policy. But that will come. Canadians take very seriously their choice. They understand that the prime minister of this country obviously incredible powers and responsibilities.

It's fun that there's a celebrity Liberal leader for the Liberal party but Canadians take their choice of prime minister much more seriously than that.

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Yahoo!: Does the Conservative Party have attack ads ready to launch against Trudeau?

Moore: We'll always be ready to compare ourselves with Mr. Trudeau or Mr. Mulcair.

(Photo courtesy of Reuters)

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