Far be it from me to contradict our new De Facto Prime Minister at a time of national crisis, but why is Ontario Premier Doug Ford snivelling woundedly about polite Canadian demonstrations against the anthem of the United States? Honestly, it makes me want to buy a hockey ticket just for the opportunity to boo.

Ford rightly observes that U.S. President Donald Trump’s toying with Can-Am trade is an injury to Americans as well as Canadians — and then pleads with Canadians, two days before personally ordering new export duties on consumer electricity in border states, not to “take it out on the American people.” It seems to me that if our booing had been heard soon enough by Americans, politicians like Ford wouldn’t have to be launching plans to inflict maximum economic pain and possible physical discomfort on them.