The Canadian voters have clearly given President Trump the elbow, or as we would say “the finger”. Whether Prime Minister Carney gets to govern in his own right, or as head of a minority government, the outcome, in the face of almost certain defeat three months ago, is a stunning event in Canadian political history. But it is an even more stunning development in US-Canada relations. The only path to Canada’s incorporation into the US is war. And last time around, in 1812, Canada won – maybe not as significant as Napolean’s defeat at the gates of Moscow, but there we are. While the leaders of Australia’s two major parties maintain their supine deference to Trump and all things American, the Canadians have shown the world what happens when an ally has skin in the game. To protect his elbows, Trump will stick to golf, rather than ice hockey.