Andrew MacDougall/Toronto Star: In a properly functioning opposition leader’s office, there should be someone around the table saying things like: “Some of our people love Donald Trump, but the country hates him. Like, they f—king hate him. Do you understand?” But even if that person exists, they are not effective.
How else to explain the Conservatives coming out hard against a prospective deeper partnership with Europe or moaning about a carbon tax when Donald Trump threatens to buy potash from Belarus? Memo to the Conservatives: There is an enemy in this story, but his name is Donald Trump, not Mark Carney. That’s why people like Stephen Harper and Jason Kenney are happy to support their prime minister…