Perhaps Prime Minister Trudeau will fall from grace, possibly soon, but I do not think it will be in the form of electoral defeat. That is at least partly the Conservatives' own doing. After the Liberal win in 2015 Conservatives were heard to say the Liberals would govern for at least two mandates under Trudeau. Then, a few years later, they elected a fine leader of the opposition who is not a prime minister in waiting.

After a number of years of Harper conservatism in which we were constantly reminded of our fears, Canada is now invigorated by someone who touches our hunger for a vision.

Back in the 1980s I asked a U.S. friend why they were going to elect Ronald Reagan again. "He makes us feel good about ourselves," she said. There you have it. People want leaders who make them feel good about themselves: vision. That way we put up with some hardships and pull together. Fear is like smoke coming from a small, oily fire. You don't get much out of it except people trying to breathe.