I wasn’t surprised by the results. The election was a referendum on how well the government handled Covid. The Liberal Party stuck to the science, avoided politicizing a plague, and looked after Canadians in a time of crisis. The Conservative Party remains on the outside looking in. One word sums up their situation really well: relevance. They are supposed to be the grown-up party, the reality-based one, but they continue dragging their heels on climate change. They’re also tone deaf: balancing the books is important but it’s not the only role of government (particularly during a pandemic). We aren’t Americans who have this irrational love affair with rugged individualism at any cost (which looks more and more like Social Darwinism to me). Canadians have a reasonable expectation their government can materially improve the lives of Canadians through wise policy. The Liberals will continue to win election after election after election until the Conservatives find someway to appeal to people in the middle.
Peasants & Emperors 