"From Europe to the United States and, yes, Canada too, the institutions that perpetuate our way of life are being rubbished by populists, racists and autocrats who would like nothing more than to see the end of a governing system that stands between them and unfettered power."

So true!  

Erdogan staged a fake coup to aggregate more power.

Obama continued extrajudicial killing at a unparalleled rate.

Clinton supporters cheated in the primaries to prevent a free choice.

Harper, whose party had, for instance, published a manual on subverting Parliament, was fortunately gone, but his successor maintained Bill C-51.

The entire west stayed in bed with the misogynist oppressors ruling Saudi Arabia.

The list goes on.