Our Canadian Election

     While you look at the raindrops caught in the Lupine leaves, I will tell you about the Canadian Federal elections that were held yesterday.

    Several months ago I was very nervous about the future of Canada because polls gave the Conservative Party a double digit lead over the Liberal Party, with an election soon to be held.

    Things seemed grim, because Pierre Poilievre the Conservative Leader, was a negative, rightwing populist, doom- spewer, and Big Oil supporter, who held a lot of MAGA-lite ideas from the US.  There didn’t seem to be much hope that Canada would stay on the progressive side of things after an election, but then a couple of things happened that totally turned things around.

    Canadians were tired of Trudeau, who that been the Liberal Prime Minister for 8 years.  He had become very unpopular and if he ran again, the Conservatives would have won a big majority government.  Fortunately, Trudeau resigned, giving the Liberals, Mark Carney as their new leader.  Carney had been a very successful economic advisor, for both past Canadian Conservative and Liberal governments, as well as the Government of Britain.  

    The other thing that changed the direction of politics in Canada was Trump’s big mouth and threats.  Trump’s threats to make Canada the 51st State, infuriated Canadians, and his increased tariffs on Canadian products, despite the so called “Free Trade Agreement between the US, Mexico, and Canada, created a fear in Canadians about electing a more Trump-friendly Conservative Government.

    In yesterday’s election, the Liberals did win, making Mark Carney the Prime Minister.  I was happy with the results.

    The thing I found interesting about the elections was that there was a big drop in the NDP (the socialist party) and Green Party.  Their normal supporters compromised some of their beliefs and strategically threw their votes to the Liberals, to prevent the Conservatives from winning the election.

    With that battle now over, we now must focus our attention to fight against the lies and bullying of Trump.

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