to be clear: i'm not denying that trudeau may be seen as being weak on foreign policy.

i'd agree that his foreign policy has been pretty amateurish, and in truth more of an extension of harper's than a return to liberal principles.

but, this is the same error that clinton made: she ran on foreign policy, despite polls making it clear that foreign policy is simply not a ballot question to americans.

(and, as a hard leftist, i preferred what trump said on foreign policy, anyways.)

when people sit down to vote, the question of whether trudeau is making the country look good or bad to indians is simply not going to be top of mind, or middle of mind, or even bottom of mind.

nobody is going to care at all.

he could build a shrine to vishnu in his office, for all i care, so long as he does something substantial on the climate, between now and then - and, if he doesn't, it's not likely i'll support him, even if the indians love him, after all.

and, i'm more concerned about what our indians think of him - which is currently not very much.