Canada election is Carney’s to lose in contest turned on its head by Trump

For Carney … the bruising nature of a federal campaign … exposed his inexperience. But voters appear ready to give him a chance. Photograph: Carlos Osorio/Reuters

Every election, the message from exasperated pundits and pedants is the same: Canadians don’t actually vote directly for their prime minister.

But on a rural intersection south of Ottawa, residents could be mistaken for thinking otherwise.