HALIFAX—Living next to Russia requires watching very closely what happens in that country. As Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has found out, it can be a life-and-death proposition to misread Russian President Vladimir Putin’s intentions. It is no accident that both Sweden and Finland have joined NATO in the wake of Russia’s unprovoked and illegal invasion of Ukraine. Once upon a time, Canadians didn’t have to worry about such things. Our neighbour was our best friend.
And in Trump’s Georgia election interference case, one prominent lawyer turned down the job of lead prosecutor because of his fear of personal reprisals from the former president’s supporters. Trump’s attacks on the judiciary have been aped by one of his co-defendant’s in the Georgia election interference case.