Three ways this Canada-U.S. dispute will end

You’d have to squint till your eyeballs ache, but there is a foreseeable scenario where Canada and the U.S. build a closer relationship out of this ugly moment. This outcome is far from certain — hence the squinting. But one influential figure in Washington professes to see it. Donald Trump’s first-term trade czar predicted the optimistic scenario last week in Ottawa, speaking behind closed doors. “Whatever is going on now is not going to last, and it’ll be fine,” Robert Lighthizer told the Canada Strong and Free Network, a conservative think-tank, on a recording shared with CBC News. “The relationship…