About what I should have expected from much of this crowd for speaking up and disagreeing. Don't have time right now for a detailed reply. Will try to do that later. Basically, look at the Harper years and we will have more of the same. Ignoring science and data. Muzzling scientists. There would be little to no movement on climate and the environment (which is a serious and immediate threat). Harper's ethics were pretty loose as well. They promise a bunch of tax cuts and a balanced budget. So that means cuts in services to health care, veterans affairs, the coast guard etc just as we saw in the past. Add to that the right wing social attitudes with regards to minorities and women's rights etc and it's a recipe for disaster. I despised the Harper years and Scheer is Harper 2.0. No thanks. I like target shooting but not at the expense of my children's future. Trudeau and the Liberals are far from perfect but I believe they would be less destructive overall. Maybe not by much. But still less.
I won’t argue Left/Right politics with you, as I’m sure you’ve thoughtfully weighed your stance, and an online forum is no place to hash out the differences.
I will however, plea with you to send a message to the leader of the Liberal party. The way he has acted these last few years is reprehensible. His hypocrisy has been staggering. He supports women, but he “experiences interactions differently” when it comes down to it. He supports integrity, but he runs the bus over two of his female cabinet ministers when they bring a scandal to light. He supports justice, but he blocks the RCMP from completing their investigation into SNC. He supports the environment, then spends billions on an imaginary pipeline. Etc. etc. etc.
And now, in the final days of his term, he’s managed to make Canada a worldwide joke, with his racist antics. You know as well as I do that if any single one of his MPs had been caught in blackface, that he would have asked for their
immediate resignation, to show Canadians that such behavior will not be tolerated. And yet, when
he is the culprit... three times... he refuses to step down and hand the reigns to his successor. In the exact same breath, he told us that his actions were “unacceptable”, then asked us to accept them. His hypocrisy defines him, and by extension, Canada.
So now it falls to you, the Voter, to do something about it. To send a message. The world is still laughing at us, and if Trudeau won’t deal with it, then it’s up to us to show the world that at least the
citizens of this great country take racism seriously. To show the world that we won’t tolerate his actions, and that in typical Canadian fashion, we will peacefully, democratically, and intentionally remove this beacon of hypocrisy from power.
With respect, please consider giving your vote to one of the other Left of center parties this election. Please send a message to future generations, to your children, that we expect more from our leaders.
Thanks for your consideration,
KJ
