There’s a particular kind of shame — a fearful hopeless anger— that wells up when you realize your country has no meaningful control over its own borders. The sacred canopy of our homeland is defended not by us, but by our elder and more capable brethren in America, who now intervene less out of alliance than necessity. Canada has become the frail junior almost-partner in a continental defense pact it no longer can meaningfully support.

Corey Hogan quipped recently that "the boss has changed." Let’s be honest: the boss never existed. For more than a decade, Canadians have not been governed by a Prime Minister, but by a phantom court—a stage-managed hallucination. Prince Justin was a hologram projected by power brokers. Now, their new avatar has arrived: Mark Carney.

I have the privilege of working alongside many remarkable people. Yet few have demonstrated the authenticity, courage, and clarity of purpose that Dr. Grant Cool has shown throughout this campaign. In a time when politics too often descends into noise and posturing, Grant has been a voice of steady conviction. A builder, not a breaker. A leader who listens before he speaks. A man who acts when others hesitate.