if you were to tell trudeau or freeland that people around the world don't respect them - don't respect their ability, their intelligence, their competence - they'd be likely to give you a pile of steaming bullshit about "dignity", and that's at the core of the problem. the entitlement that rich liberals feel for respect is a deplorable personality trait, and the american right is correct to spit in their face for it. you are not born entitled of respect in this world. respect is something that you earn, and if you don't earn it, you don't deserve it.

canada needs to stop bitching about dignity and start behaving in a way that commands more respect, and that begins by analyzing it's politics, to ensure it's not supporting fascist dictatorships and providing proper support to groups that are fighting to dismantle them.

in the short run, canada should understand that it is not commanding respect because it hasn't behaved in a way that is worthy of it.

no more aristocrats in the pmo. that's the lesson. 

it's going to take time to rebuild our standing in the world.