U.S President Donald Trump wasted little time in taking a shot at news that Canada had dipped into a technical recession, linking to a Bloomberg News article in a social media post on Monday with the commentary: "51st state!" It was another jab by Trump about taking ownership of Canada, and perhaps a suggestion the country would be faring much better economically under U.S. leadership. But Canada's quarterly decline in GDP has also been seized upon by Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, who used it to criticize the Liberal government of Prime Minister Mark Carney over its economic stewardship. [...]