John Ivison: All of this may yet rebound on the prime minister. All Canadians may yet pay the price for poking the bear.
But at this moment in its history, Canada is commanding more attention on the world stage than any time in the last 40 years.
Canada’s declension became the stuff of satire. “You needn’t worry about the Canadians … They always look surprised they’ve been invited,” said one British foreign policy adviser in the 2009 political lampoon movie, In the Loop…