President Donald Trump recently implemented tariffs on products coming from Canada.

Our neighbors to the north have been failing to secure their increasingly porous border, which has allowed for drugs and illegal aliens increasingly to filter into our country in recent years.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has been awful at seeming tough in response to the tariffs, but his successor, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, has apparently tried his best.

That comes in the form of a bizarre new list of specific items subject to retaliatory tariffs.

Trump should read this and weep.

Canada will now impose tariffs on live animals like primates, camels, and manatees; dog coats and dog food; church bells, prayer shawls, and veils; toilet seats, toilet spray, and toilet brushes; fake beards, eyebrows, and wigs; and spacecraft, satellites, and space safety glasses.

But even the Canadians not about to venture into space or own a gorilla will be impacted.

Canada will also launch new tariffs on diaries and encyclopedias; snuff, rolling papers, and tobacco pipes; bovine semen and the devices used to store the substance; amusement park rides such as roller coasters and carousels; and cruise ships, drill ships, and warships.

Ian Lee, a business professor at Carleton University, said the bizarre list was likely chosen because the Liberal Party government does not want to anger fellow Canadians. The strange assembly of items is marked by “low-volume purchases, which tells me they’re going to have a small impact on Canadians if only a small number are buying them on any given day.”

That is most likely because Canada has federal elections later this month, during which the Liberal Party will seek to maintain power after almost a decade in charge of the government.

Trump still has the upper hand.

Beyond the general wimpiness of the Canadian response so far, the upcoming elections are yet another tailwind for Trump and his advisers as they seek to increase tariff rates for imports.

Trump has almost two years before the next midterm election and four years before his successor makes a bid for the White House. That is a considerable amount of runway.

Canada does not currently have the leadership willing to fight and win this trade war.