Here’s the dilemma for Justin Trudeau: to right the sinking ship that is his Liberal government, he’d have to not do all the things he’s been doing, and which appear to be the only things he knows how to do.

In a very real sense, the situation facing Liberals in the wake of their disastrous showing in the Toronto-St. Paul’s byelection is the same as that confronting U.S. Democrats struggling to contain the damage from President Joe Biden’s ruinous performance in his debate against Donald Trump.