Canadians are extremely confused right now

I thought they might be angry.

Over the past quarter century, I’ve spent big chunks of time in Canada — Montreal and Toronto on occasion, but mostly Vancouver and the South Shore of Nova Scotia. So I was curious how we would be greeted on a return trip this month after President Donald Trump’s twin assaults on Canada’s economy and sovereignty.

It turned out that everyone was nice. Also polite. No one seemed to hold us responsible for the actions of “the bad orange man,” as a waitress in Lunenburg called the U.S. president.