I was pleased to get an invitation recently from Canadian TV network CBC to come on its air and give an American’s perspective on the resignation of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. The fact that I can see B.C. from up close, at Port Townsend probably didn’t hurt.

I was  a newspaper columnist for several years in Montreal, plus, I wrote the Canadian column for years in MarketWatch.com. I think I probably know more about Canada than most Yanks.

Trudeau was ousted, as my Vancouver-based son agrees, as part of an anti-incumbent wave around the world. I will miss him. I once met his father, Pierre Trudeau, backstage at the climactic Canada-versus-Russia hockey series.

But the next Canadian prime minister could be bad news for Trump, our lead subject today. Especially Chrystia Freeland, Trudeau’s former deputy prime minister and one of the top candidates to replace Justin Trudeau as P.M. 

Freeland is no fan of Trump. The other day, she ran a clever radio ad — which I heard on Vancouver’s all-news 1130 AM — in which she whispered, “I have a secret…Donald Trump doesn’t like me.”

Funny — and effective. Our northern neighbors did not appreciate Trump’s  B.S. line about annexing Canada as the 51st state. As Trudeau put it, “Not a snowball’s  chance in hell.”

Every time I head to Canada to see our son, I am usually met with this opening line from Canada Customs agents: “Do you have any firearms?” I say no, cross the border, and am glad to be back in civilized society again.

— We are in the bluest county and bluest city of a deep-blue state, electorally speaking. When I volunteered at Democratic headquarters here before the election, we had people come in every day visiting from red states, and they were inevitably happy when we told them the degree to which Port Townsend is solidly Democratic. Many of them started asking for names of local real-estate agents.

— Speaking of which, during and after  the horrible fires in L.A., I couldn’t help but think Port Townsend will soon be getting even more climate refugees than it already has. Don’t strain your neck watching housing prices soar higher and higher here. 

— Deep Pockets department: On the downside economically, Fort Worden Hospitality has been a depressing sight for weeks before it official closed. Is there any upside to this dreary financial picture? 

I asked a neighbor who long worked on the financial side of local government here if she saw a bleak future for the old Army base and its amenities. She has always been a realistic observer of such things.

Somewhat surprisingly, she was upbeat about the Worden mess, saying confidently, “I  wouldn,t worry too much. I think this will work out just fine. Partly because there’s plenty of money in this city. They’ll come up with something workable.” Do we have our own mini- oligarchy here? 

— When I caught the Dylan film, “A Complete Unknown” at the Rose here recently, there wasn’t an empty seat in the house. Pretty good film, even though I stopped paying much attention to Dylan’s music, which I quite liked, when he veered off into his Nashville and Jesus periods. 

Even though I interviewed many rock notables, I never interviewed Dylan because Dylan didn’t do interviews. Someone I did interview who is in the film was Dylan’s  then-manager Albert Goldman who looked a lot different with silver hair and ponytail when I met him. One guy in the movie who was underplayed was John Hammond, who ran Columbia Records. His son John Jr.  was a great blues performer. Prior to Dylan, Columbia’s biggest artist was … Mitch Miller! 

My guess is that the  Dylan movie will run for a few more weeks here.

— Finally, clever political pundit Rick Wilson: “The faux  mass deportation cosplay this week is for the MAGA base. What they care about inside Trump World is a fast march on the tax bill.” 

You can reach PT humorist Bill Mann at newsmann9@gmail.com.