Trump’s chaotic threats won Mark Carney the Canadian election – but only just | Colin Horgan

US president Donald Trump suggested that if Canada became part of America , they could vote for him instead.

But in truth, Canada becoming the 51st state wasn’t a prerequisite for Canadians to vote on Trump .

It was Trump who set the stakes of this election anyway, beginning almost as soon as he took office.

Now, the Liberal party , led by Mark Carney , has won a fourth term in office, a result that would have seemed unthinkable just a few months ago .

Colin Horgan : What might Canada be if we were to define ourselves entirely on our own terms? If Trump is responsible for permanently reorienting anything, it will be this: Canada ’s sense of self-determination.

Carney's job now is nothing short of helping Canada ensure that it can’t, or won't, ever be.