Canadians are agitated. They’re upset. They’re perturbed by the state of what remains a largely polite and accommodating country.

On Monday, they arranged for Liberals to finally get some good news. Not the ones in Ottawa, who remain about as happy and organized as a load of cattle on the way to the slaughterhouse. What they got was a glorious victory in New Brunswick, ousting Blaine Higgs and his Conservatives, even plucking away the suddenly ex-premier’s own seat in what the CBC described as a “red tide.”