What is the significance of the Trudeau corruption scandal?

Actual Canadian here ([i]eh[/i] :P ), so here goes...

There's long enough before the next election that I don't think it is actually TOO serious for Trudeau's chances (I don't think they are great anyway but probably won't make things much worse). But still, it could get worse because of something we don't know or hasn't happened yet.

I think his problem partly is that in reality he's not really done anything any other Prime Minister wouldn't have done - tried behind the scenes to stop something happening that might hurt Canadian interests (in this case, lots of Canadian jobs primarily, I suppose). If Stephen Harper had done it, no one would really care so much. Because you'd expect him to do that kind of thing. But Trudeau did it too....and, it turns out, not very subtly, and, to make a melange of metaphors, if you're going to pull strings to try and keep your ship sailing, you have to be sure the string is willing to move the rudder...otherwise, as he's finding out, you open up a can of worms.

Trudeau's problem is that he came to power rightly or wrongly portrayed as being whiter than white (morally speaking), and so this has come back to haunt him. (A bit like I think happened with Obama somewhat).

I mean his bigger problem is that he's great at signalling stuff but actually pretty useless as a politician, not corrupt himself. (Again, Obama parallels - says the right things but can't always do them...but he has much less excuse than Obama given he has a majority in his legislature to work with...for the moment).

All that said, to lose one minister is unfortunate...two, as they say, is careless. I don't think initially he took it as seriously as he should have, and THAT is what is really hurting him now.