Yearning for Unity: The Hope for Good Governance Amidst Division and Mismanagement
September marks the return to many of our daily activities after the summer respite. The same is true for parliamentarians, as we return to Ottawa for another session. If the Liberal-NDP coalition government abides by their fixed election date legislation, this will be the final year of this tired government. And more and more people tell me, this government can’t end soon enough. Those touchpoints are not just here in the West anymore – as I noticed when I helped campaign in a Toronto byelection in June, where the Conservative candidate won a riding that had been Liberal for more than 30 years. Most Canadians have seen enough of this cabal’s mismanagement of everything – from the Canadian economy to our national defence and international relations, as well as every practical program delivery that serves Canadians.
Add to that mismanagement the constant divisiveness it has wrought upon our national discourse. Choosing jurisdictional quarrels with provinces; purposely polarizing debates on important issues that require nuance; the never-ending array of financial boondoggles; and the diminishing of democratic process and transparency – all of this has Canadians perplexed what it is they are actually doing.
Jagmeet Singh and Justin Trudeau join together for the power, but fail to deliver good policy or efficient services.
The last year has seemed more divisive than prior thereto, and I expect the next year to be more antagonistic, sadly. I believe this coalition will be throwing everything at the wall financially, and attempting to sow division across groups – demographically, regionally, sectorally – to create the ‘us vs. them’ narrative on which they have survived to this point.
Lineups at a Passport Office – Canadians trying to access a basic government service.
It is no way to run a country – particularly one as broad and diverse as the Canada we have built together. We need to do better. A return to ‘good government’ for all Canadians is imperative, and I will do my utmost to ensure that is the direction we take going forward.
Greg McLean, M.P.
Calgary Centre