famous prime minister but much of it had to do with the kind of campaign that was neither very left wing or popu list. he promised to run modest deficits. that's something most mainstream economists would support. he's refused to raise canada's low corporate tax rate although he wants a slightly higher income tax for the top 1% to fund a middle class tax cut. he's been noncommittal on the trade deal that places him to the right of hillary clinton. he wants to legalize marijuana and promised that canada will have a climate change policy. canada truly lurching left ward, the beneficiary would have been its new democratic party which has been the party of populism and draws from the labor