This column is really unsettling. There is still a part of society, and it's pretty dominant in Canada, that thinks it knows better than the people. There are so many errors in this piece that it's hard to unravel them. But let me just have a go at two of them, globalization and inflation. 
The people want globalization to unravel. They didn't vote for it in the first place. It was foisted on them with a narrative that made them believe that everyone would benefit from it. The anger that is brewing around the world now is because people realize that only well to do liberals - the elites - are the ones going to benefit while the working class loses jobs.  As to inflation I guess this author didn't read Rosenthals piece yesterday where he argued that Trumps policies are deflationary not inflationary. I agree with Rosenthal.
This article is unsettling and misleading