Totally agree with author, irrespective of the U.S. election outcome. Canada/Ontario have swung so far toward a grossly anti competitive model. More in the mould of Italy, Greece..etc
Uncontrolled expansion of broader public service entities and the inevitable regulations dreamed up and vigorously enforced by the countless masses on the public purse with nothing to do. Much like the vastly expanded police force in their expensive cruisers waiting at every intersection, we have  other bloated public employees with similar powers - the EPA enforcers, the securities commission hordes , CRA etc who indirectly cost the taxpayer at least another 10 per cent on top of the income tax and the GST.
I have not even started on the all powerful labor unions who can easily sway elections given the significant voting block they represent in a small population like Canada, compared to their insignificant numbers in the USA. Canada today very much resembles the 1970s UK until Thatcher shook them up.