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Pass the popcorn; the show’s about to begin.

No, not the annual Oscar party, where well-heeled hypocrites suddenly realize that sexism and racism are rampant in their industry and have been since the dreadful days of Fatty Arbuckle. Body shaming, too.

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No, that’s just a sideshow here in Canada where the real award we’re most interested in is the one handed out to the actor judged to have given the best, long-running impersonation of a loved and trusted political leader.

But there’s no need for any envelope because it’s a lock. Simply come on down and collect, Justin Trudeau.

Yet sadly, at least for the usual bunch of Grit trough-munchers in Ontario and Quebec, the JT show appears on the skids these days: ratings are down both here in Canada and across the globe, as once adoring audiences in the U.S., China, India and Saudi Arabia long since changed the channel. Oh, fame, you’re so fickle.

But though the hair isn’t quite so luscious, the socks not as fancy and the fake sincerity’s more cloying than comforting these days, there’s still enough material for one last ratings blitz before our slightly shop-worn prime minister is forced to look for another acting gig in a smaller production — outside the nation’s capital, of course.