Trudeau did overdo it a bit. She may even had had her cabinet position over it, and as the US's favorite CIA agent getting US media coverage is not good for Canada.

Her firm Ukrainian allegiances is the dead wrong path for Canada. The big crossroads for NATO colonies in face of Trump is extreme subservience to beg US for continued war on Russia, in exchange for more war and isolationism for China, along with CIA direction even as explicit presidential extortion demands self destruction and propping up US empire for a few extra years. The better choice is rejection of CIA enemies list, and resistance to US empire, and that means a more united world. Freeland's programming is incapable of doing the best for Canada.

It's incredible, watching the good people of the Fediverse, navel gaze, after having watched the united states fall to the fascists, and not once, consider, their progressive politics, are not what the majority of any citizens of any Western nation truly want. not once. this is the it's not me it's the kids who are wrong meme, continually played out. except for all the reciprocal global tariffs, eventual global economic recession, russian ascension, ukraine losing, canada/mexico/europe isolating, destitution, famine, civil and nuclear war on offer, because the far left "progressive" politics of every micro cause is equal to every macro cause, is a loser across the board, people hate it, they won't vote for it, and once they have, they go hard the other way. This will continue to amaze me as I watch the reactions online, right up until Donald Trump cuts off the open and free Internet, and the electricity stops working.

Why the fuck is this candidate for the leadership of the Liberal party using Trump's Putin supplied right wing grievance political talking points?

To get elected. That's her job. As much as I like it, the carbon tax is a third rail - saying she'll ditch it is an effective way to get elected.

Canadians are worried about pocket book issues right now. Politicians are right to focus on those. Presumably they'll stay the course on trans issues when they make it in (as much as they are now). But centering a campaign on that would be a recipe for family.