In 1984 the popularity of Trudeau was going downside and opinion polls showed the Liberals (the political party of Trudeau) were headed for defeat if Trudeau remained in office. On February 29 Trudeau announced he would not be a Prime Minister candidate for next election. He said he took this decision after a “long walk in the snow”. So, “Like Pierre Trudeau's walk out in the snow” is a figured way to say “is it time to throw in the towel and stop this fight for a social democracy”? The social democracy is represented by a red rose, in our case the “a wilted rose”, which is a representation of the social democracy dying.
In 1984 the popularity of Trudeau was going downside and opinion polls showed the Liberals (the political party of Trudeau) were headed for defeat if Trudeau remained in office. On February 29 Trudeau announced he would not be a Prime Minister candidate for next election. He said he took this decision after a “long walk in the snow”. So, “Like Pierre Trudeau's walk out in the snow” is a figured way to say “is it time to throw in the towel and stop this fight for a social democracy”? The social democracy is represented by a red rose, in our case the “a wilted rose”, which is a representation of the social democracy dying.