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Trudeau obviously thinks that this topic has something to do with Easter, else why did he choose today of all days to address this topic

Comic strip submission deadlines are usually weeks in advance of their publication date. He may have not consulted a calendar. If his life doesn't revolve around religious holidays (and it most likely doesn't), he might not have been aware that that strip's publication date was going to fall on a religious holiday. I don't see any overt signs in the strip that it was knowingly intended to be an "Easter" strip -- no colored eggs or chocolate bunnies, for example, which even non-Christians tend to indulge in on Easter.

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Comic strip submission deadlines are usually weeks in advance of their publication date. He may have not consulted a calendar. If his life doesn't revolve around religious holidays (and it most likely doesn't), he might not have been aware that that strip's publication date was going to fall on a religious holiday.

Just like Mirimax-Disney was unaware that their antiCatholic art film "Priest" was originally slated to be released on Good Friday some years back?

You give them too much good faith and credit.