A blustery trade-war election. But now Canada must see the bitter reality

Open this photo in gallery: A visitor to the city wearing a mask of President Donald Trump in front of the White House in Washington, Thursday, March 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)Ben Curtis/The Associated Press Jeff Rubin is the author of A Map of the New Normal, published by Allen Lane, and former chief economist and chief strategist at CIBC World Markets. It's been an election defined by the trade war and washed in nationalism. At every turn, Liberal Leader Mark Carney played up the threat of U.S. President Donald Trump and his own strength and firmness in the face…