I think as a country we run the risk of missing the forest through the trees with this election, and I do believe this will be one of the most important elections in any of our lifetimes...
On the one hand, we have the party that for the last 10 years has destroyed the very fabric of our country & destroyed a lot of the trust we once had in our national institutions.
Whether its the systematic, slow death of various industries. The mind blowing amount of money spent on nothing (consistently) or just the sheer corruption at the top, there is no question the Liberals have destroyed our economy in any way they could.
But they haven't just destroyed our economy. They haven't just destroyed an entire generation's hopes of ever buying their own home (the social issues that's going to cause haven't even begun to be realized yet...)
They've destroyed our international credibility.
Not to mention the 2 tier justice system they fly in our faces on a regular basis. (If one wants to go super dark with this, think of it as they basically advertise this to be the case)
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On the other hand, we have the Conservatives.
A party that wants to eliminate or lower taxes for both individuals and businesses. A party that wants our industries to expand & be robust, because they would employ a large number of Canadians with secure and well paying jobs.
A party that wants to clamp down on the corruption, make home ownership at least more of a possibility, and clamp down on crime so criminals are actually deterred from doing bad things but also held accountable the ones that do.
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The last Conservative government left us with a reasonable & fair tough on crime landscape, no 2 tier justice system, healthy foreign investment into Canada, a national debt that was close to 1/3 of what ours will be soon, credible amongst our allies, the world's best immigration system, and a country that had a lot more optimism & enthusiasm energy among Canadians!
This last Liberal government basically ended the idea of the ground root Canadian family, in addition to all the other damage they did.
Because the cost of living is so high & people's incomes have stagnated, the birth rate along natural born Canadians is among the lowest in the developed world...
Let that sink in...
My generation, and now there's a few more coming to the age/in the age of needing to start thinking about having families of their own, and most of them have said no because they cant afford to.
That means in an equal number of generations looking forwards, that's how many natural born Canadians will have not had kids or a family, meaning the only family units (as we've traditionally known them) will be immigrant families, and likely Native families.
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We can take the microscope to both party leaders, and find flaws with both.
But for the last 10 years, the LPC has shown their policies to be ineffective, quite often in opposition to what the population wants, and quite often detrimental to the country.
For 10 years in a row, the "Liberal Party of Canada" forced through legislation that not a SINGLE Canadian wanted, minus a few at the top.
They've made it very clear by their actions alone that they don't take their orders from us, the people. And they've made it crystal clear that they would rather light a pile of money on fire than possibly ease up on imposing new taxes and fees...
And for those crossing their fingers and hoping that Carney will be more centrist than Trudeau - why would Trudeau's main advisor be any different than the guy he was advising??
When, in the history of ever, has someone advised someone to do something...then taken over that guy's job & said to themselves "Whoever was advising you last was a moron!"
Simple. They haven't.
If Carney was advising Trudeau & Freeland during the time when our dollar has plummeted, debt is at an all time high, and who's policies have resulted in thousands of previous homeowners now being homeless...why would he magically stop subscribing to what his advice results in?
We have a solid 10 year snapshot to judge each party . 10 years of a Conservative government under Harper. And now a 10 year Liberal government under Trudeau.
If I'm comparing products in a store, and I'm looking at them side by side...the Conservative Party seems like the better product.
I think it's safe to say not a single person here is better off financially than we were 10 years ago. And I think it's safe to say not a single person here can honestly say our country has gone in the direction we would have wahted it to go...
CONSERVATIVE = CHANGE
LIBERAL = A CONTINUATION OF HOW THINGS HAVE BEEN
I really hope Pierre wins. Maybe it won't be as much change as some of us want, but it'll be a hell of a step in the right direction than another 4 years of floating down Shit River under Trudeau's economic sensei
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