For some time now, writers and thinkers outside this country have been asking me: What happened to Canada? My guest on the program today has asked this question himself, in a new book that takes a deep dive into our decline — and arrives just in time for the federal election.

Tristin Hopper is a columnist and reporter for The National Post, based in Victoria, B.C. His new book is Don’t Be Canada: How One Country Did Everything Wrong All At Once.

Tristin Hopper is my guest, today on Lean Out. Transcript to come for paid subscribers.

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