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 behind the desk in the Oval Office, and for the time being that appears to be what matters.

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, who could have coasted to victory only a couple of months ago in delivering an axe-the-tax, stop-the-crime, build-the-homes message, now has to earn the job seemingly all over again with a Canada First message against Carney’s Canada Strong one. Just as Poilievre shed his glasses for contact lenses and the blue........

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