Only three

Of the 23 prime ministers of Canada, only three have had the country's best interests at heart:  Sir John A. Macdonald, Lester Pearson and -- yes, I'm gonna say it -- Brian Mulroney.  Every other has been a political and partisan hack.

Macdonald, Pearson and Mulroney actually put Canada first at great personal and political cost.  Macdonald is easy; he created Canada.  Pearson made Canada a leader in the world of peace keeping, although he did a few questionable things -- like bringing in the incompetent Trudeau, Sr., which led to the anointing of the disastrous narcissistic, man-child Trudeau, Jr. -- but Pearson's heart was in the right place, even though his judgement about Pierre was calamitous and short-sighted.  Pierre, afterall, was a separatist through and through.  But let's not forget Pearson also created our national flag and introduced the Canada Pension Plan.  So, high marks to him.  

                                                                    Sir John A. Macdonald

                                                                        Lester B. Pearson

                                                                        Brian Mulroney

                                                                        Stephen Harper

I was going to include Harper because he did a lot of good for Canada's economy, but his visceral, partisan hatred of Trudeau coloured some of his decisions to the detriment of the country at times.  So,  although he was a good prime minister, he wasn't one of the greats.

As for Mulroney, he introduced three hugely important things:  Free trade, the GST and the acid rain agreement.  These made Mulroney very unpopular, but they were the right thing for Canada.  I recently caught an interview with him and he talked about doing the right thing for Canada -- not what's best for partisan political and votes.  He's right, of course, and he did exactly that.

Now we are governed by lunatics, headed by the narcissist-in-chief Trudeau, and Canada is currently in a downward spiral both nationally and internationally.  Listening to Freeland hectoring world leaders in Washington the other day I wanted to hide under the couch with embarrassment.  She has absolutely no idea how ridiculous she is.  Swishing her hair, sniffing her unbearable tic and wagging her finger, she was actually telling them how to run their own economies!  It was ludicrous, coming from a finance minister whose policies are bankrupting Canada:

God help us!