How Trump lost Canada

Canada’s Liberals just pulled off one of the greatest upsets in modern democratic history: going from a predicted wipeout in December to victory on Monday night. To understand why, you need to look at the signs on the sidewalk.

I don’t mean the ones advertising Prime Minister Mark Carney’s triumphant party, though there were plenty of those. Rather, I’m referring to the ones outside many businesses, containing long lists of the Canadian-made products on offer.

The signs are part of a grassroots boycott of American-made goods, a movement launched in direct response to President Donald Trump’s proposed tariffs and threats of annexation. A recent poll found that 61 percent of Canadians are currently boycotting American-made goods.