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Justin Trudeau gave us the vapid “sunny ways” catchphrase but otherwise, he’s been hostile to the idea of national myth-making. He and his team call anyone who talks about Canadian values mean names. And then we learn that he’s the one who has been cavorting in blackface and being disrespectful to women, despite being the one to repeatedly lecture us on diversity and feminism. It’s a form of psychological warfare against the people of Canada, who are at their core moderate and good-natured.

To be clear, all of these challenges would have risen to the fore regardless of who was in power. Stephen Harper, for example, was initially happy to stumble into a free trade deal with China. (Then again, so was the rest of the West.)

But there is no denying the situation has been worsened by Justin Trudeau and his moral relativism.

He’s openly hostile to the flourishing of our resources sector. He either doesn’t understand or doesn’t care that Xi Jinping is dead set on creating a future where the West bows to China. And Trudeau’s sense of national identity is to vilify anyone who believes in a national identity.

“There is no core identity, no mainstream in Canada” and we are the world’s “first post-national state”, Trudeau famously told The New York Times shortly before becoming PM. Imagine that, leading a country that you’ve openly claimed is not greater than the sum of its parts. Of course you’re going to let it flounder.

A lot has happened in four years that has sent us in the wrong direction on these issues. We cannot endure four more years of it.

Pierre Elliott Trudeau ran for re-election for his second term in 1972 under the slogan “the land is strong”. He barely won.

If you take a look at the top-line economic data in Canada today, you could argue the same is true right now. But make no mistake about it: it is not strong because of Trudeau. If anything, Canada remains strong in spite of its current leader.

How long will this be the case? Can we keep it together for another term under Trudeau? Don’t risk it. The long-term consequences could be disastrous.