This election is about Donald Trump and a lot more [Video]

In ways no one could have understood at the time, June 16, 2015, turned out to be a momentous day for Canada and Canadian politics, the reverberations of which are only being fully felt now, nearly a decade later.

In the moment, the day’s most significant event might have seemed to be an announcement by the leader of the Liberal Party in downtown Ottawa. Still four months away from becoming prime minister, Justin Trudeau stood before television cameras at the Château Laurier and presented a plan for sweeping political reform, including a categorical commitment to change Canada’s existing electoral system. 

If things had turned out differently that might have been the launching point for a historic shift in Canada’s political system — perhaps toward proportional representation and the coalition governments that are common in Europe. 

In reality, the day’s more seismic event occurred eight hours south of Parliament Hill, on …