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Canadian businessman and reality-TV star Kevin O’Leary hasn’t made the jump into federal politics — at least not yet — but he’s already shaking up the political scene big time, including in British Columbia.

O’Leary has launched a blistering attack against Gregor Robertson, calling the Vancouver mayor and former NDP MLA “a bozo” because the city does not have the Uber ride-for-hire service.

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“It’s ridiculous Vancouver does not have Uber and people should ask the mayor why he’s not out there aggressively fighting to get it,” O’Leary told me in an interview.

“It’s damaging the city’s economy. The mayor’s a bozo. You can quote me on that.”

He also slammed Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as an incompetent “surfer dude” who would be eaten alive in trade negotiations with U.S. president-elect Donald Trump.

“It would be like Godzilla versus Bambi,” O’Leary said. “I like Justin Trudeau, but he’s a surfer dude who’s never read a balance sheet and never run a business.”