For a nation that wets itself whenever it’s noticed by the world, Canada chose to shut the world out during the 43rd election. And even as the country threatens to fissure over energy and equalization, there was no talk of bringing us together. Everyone was instead too busy yelling into their corners of dedicated support to notice the bigger moments passing them by. The entire campaign was one long and sad reminder of how nobody in Canada has absorbed the lessons of either Trump or Brexit. As a result, whoever emerges as prime minister will now inherit a heavily salted earth on which to grow consensus, especially on climate change.

Source: thestar October 22, 2019 10:18 UTC