text: Back when Stockwell Day and Stephen Harper came forward to get elected PM, we worried about the Trumpesque factions of the conservative party and its supporters. Harper muzzled them and we were told they were figments of hysterical liberal imaginations, no one in the fold was so extreme.
  
  Well, see?  Told 'ya.  We heard how certain people spoke off record about non-whites, non-Christians, non-straights, non-conservatives, and new Canadians.  It was toxic stuff. And we took notes when we learned what sorts of catch phrases got used to code the prejudices in public ('family values' meant 'anti-gay' while 'Canadian values' meant anti-Muslim, etc.).  Now, note the excitement in some of the comments here that Trump has risen and that we could emulate him. Oh sorry, I'm still hysterical?  You mean it's only about a desire for legal immigration, the more dangerous applicants, respect for Christian values too, and a sincere almost humble concern for jobs?
  
  Yeah, right. As I say. We have ears.