Canadians should cheer up. The country is barreling towards rock bottom, which means before long, things can only start to get better.

Justin Trudeau’s underwhelming notice of resignation has rendered him a lame duck and the head of the government largely in name only. Now, the most unimpressive Liberal cabinet in history will claw, hiss, and scratch at each other for the honour of being prime minister for a couple of weeks or months, depending on how unlucky we get.