There aren’t terribly many among us today in Canada who can thank Donald Trump for an improvement in our station in life.
Mark Carney is one.
His dominant Liberal leadership victory Sunday had a lot to do with the U.S. president and the on-again, off-again, up-again, down-again, soon-again, probably-again, more-again threats, bluster, reprieves, musings, restatements, demands, dial-backs and mind games.
Were it not for Trump, he might have won the leadership but been roadkill in an election. As it stands, and for how long no one knows, he is now a presumptive prime minister. Canadians, for the time being at least, consider him a better foil for the guy
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