OTTAWA, Canada—No one here is surprised that talks on trade with the United States have fallen apart or that the relationship with Washington has deteriorated once more, at least not among those with a passport bearing a maple leaf.
Political insiders from every stripe—sitting and former government officials; consultants, pollsters and lobbyists; Liberal and Conservative party loyalists—were offering the same forecast during a series of conversations I conducted over nearly a week in the capital and in Toronto as summer approached.
