All right, Alexander, let's talk about the elections in Canada and the fact that the Liberal Party won again in those elections.

Not a decisive, a big victory, but they did win.

The Conservative Party failed to get their message across and they were maybe three

months ago four months ago they were thought to be the party that would be governing Canada

that fell apart a lot of people are putting putting the blame on Trump and the tariffs and Trump's

messaging about Canada being the 51st state. Trudeau stepping down. Karnie coming in,

someone who has pretty much the same exact policies as Trudeau, maybe even worse,

policies than Trudeau, but of course, the packaging was different, and the liberals put out

a message of national unity and patriotism and fighting Trump.

That was the message we're going to fight Trump.

The conservatives conservatives for various

reasons were not able to put out that message or we're not able to put out as clear a message to

Canada with regards to Trump. Maybe they were, they were afraid to take on Trump. I don't know.

But your thoughts on the elections in Canada and what

this means for Canada. Well, I get to say straight away, I think Trump's, you know, the myth of

Trump played a huge role in the election. But saying that highlights again the failure of the

conservatives because, I mean, they should have demolished that if they'd run an effective campaign, which as far as I can see, they didn't.

Now, I'm looking at this from a distance, but here they had a government that has been very unpopular.

The Conservatives themselves were 25 points ahead in the opinion polls

as recently as February. The Liberals had stuck with Trudeau for years and Trudeau himself

was massively damaged and discredited goods by the end And the condition of the Canadian economy is not good.

And a lot of people in Canada are facing considerable economic hardship. Now, a dynamic, forceful,

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