‘Far from perfect,’ but Trump backers in Canada see him as the best choice
TORONTO — They don’t always like what they see or hear but Canadians hoping Donald Trump becomes the next U.S. president believe him to be a straight shooter that will bring economic and other benefits to Canada in a world severely circumscribed by political correctness.
A President Trump, they say, would provide a potent antidote to what they view as a march toward self-serving big government whose benefactors are moneyed elites.
“A lot of good honest blue-collar people were really thrown under the bus by the elite donor and political class,” said Daniel Erikson, 38, a businessman from Calgary.
Trump would provide a strong counterweight to the Liberal government in Ottawa and the NDP government in Alberta that has pushed the economy “almost to the breaking point,” Erikson said.