EDITORIAL: What matters this election 

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While having an election this summer clearly doesn’t matter to that many Canadians, now that we’re in one, it’s time to talk about the things that do matter.

The past year and a half has been a curious one when it comes to changes in our lives. In one sense, nothing much has happened as so many of us have spent months living under lockdowns.

But in another sense, this has been the most momentous period we have ever lived through. The decisions made by governments – both our elected representatives and public health bureaucrats – have had profound impacts on our daily lives.

For the most part, the people haven’t had a say. Now it’s our turn to speak at the ballot box.

The Liberal government of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has not served Canadians well since the pandemic commenced.

The Liberals were initially reluctant to close our borders. They always tried to hold back provinces that wanted to cautiously re-open. And they were slow to get vaccines moving earlier in Canada, when it most mattered in terms of saving lives.

Voters must not forget these fumbles. But that’s far from all.

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Trudeau’s reluctance to criticize and oppose the authoritarian Communist regime in China looks worse now than it’s ever done. The World Health Organization is just one of many groups that are trying to learn more about exactly what happened in Wuhan at the outset of the pandemic. But the government of Xi Jinping isn’t letting that happen.

Then there is Canada’s recovery attitude. While most people simply want life to return to the way it was, do not forget that Justin Trudeau has spoken of the carnage wrought by the pandemic as an “opportunity” to bring in some sort of “reset”.

It’s clear what tune he’s whistling here: Trudeau wants to use the levers of government control to rearrange an economically troubled Canada into a more socialist society.

He wants to do that while failing to support our energy sector and throwing the taxpayer dollars of the little guy at green schemes concocted by well-connected elites.

This election matters because Canadians get to have their say as to whether they approve of all of the above, or they want to head in a different path.