Ottawa
CNN
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There were likely as many groans as laughs across Canada when comedian Mike Myers hovered over the hockey boards in a campaign ad with Prime Minister Mark Carney, his “elbows up” battle cry on display as the country of his birth takes on the country he calls home.
The Liberal Party ad played up many trite but true Canadian stereotypes and jokes that are not going to cut it during this sobering election campaign.
US President Donald Trump will obviously not be on the ballot in Canada – but how each candidate proposes to deal with him is. “Standing strong,” “elbows up,” these are mantras all Canadian politicians have adopted, but how they deal…
