While Monday’s election, with Mark Carney’s Liberal party hanging on to power, was riveting, it raised more questions than it answered.

U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to impose tariffs on Canada was the key factor in the election. It appears that most voters believed that Carney, former governor of both the Bank of Canada and the Bank of England, was best placed to deal with the threat.

Yet this trade war cannot continue. There are already signs that Trump is bleeding support, both from big business and from the media.

In all likelihood, deals will be struck in the next few months with most of the countries he has attacked, and Canada’s tariff concerns might be dramatically reduced.

If that happens, will voters still believe Carney is the best person to deal with challenges such as the high cost of living, huge federal deficits, and our struggling health-care system? If not, may buyer’s........

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