Trump and Trudeau ARE very different.
Guess which  will dominate the other? 

Thanks, Santa Claus, for this pre-Christmas Christmas present.
But, no thanks.
I'm not a child. So don't try to pass off "feel-good" fantasies as reality.

 Mr. Ibbitson ain't just kibbitzin. There's a whole lot of fakin' goin' on.
  This sort of blame-all-our-many-problems-on-the-US junk is what Middle East dictators do to their tens of millions of impoverished citizens - they blame all their miseries on Israel.

"A new government that dedicates itself to reversing the policies of the previous government is the product of a deeply polarized electorate, which can lead to policy paralysis, confusion in foreign policy, erosion of trust in democratic institutions and, ultimately, violence."

      Really, Ibbitson?
 Is that why Canadians are being pushed ever more to the right wing ? Because Chretien accepted all Mulroney's bad policies and then some? And Harper accelerated the undemocratic policies in spades?