Re: Canada ‘will not hesitate’ to hit U.S. with billions in tariffs — Kelly Geraldine Malone; and NP View: Alberta has never been so alone — Editorial, both Jan. 17

Canada’s provincial leaders (with the exception of Alberta’s) are so bereft of common sense that they’re allowing themselves to be led into a trade war Canada can’t win, by an incompetent lame-duck prime minister who had to shut down Parliament to avoid losing a non-confidence vote. By his own conduct, he’s lost the moral or political authority to lead the country.