Many of our neighbours have said “Anyone but Justin Trudeau‘s trouble for us and had his chance to make our lives less difficult”. Sound familiar? Oh yeah, remember “anyone but Harper”? The Conservative Propaganda Machine has been busy etching into the minds of many of us the assumption that it is better to vote Conservative than Liberal-NDP in any day. The media has been flashing this assumption before their listeners, readers and online followers for some time. Thinking Justin Trudeau’s Liberals time has come and it will be off to early retirement for many Liberals come the next election.
Conservatives are offering Canadians a few interesting points that need to be considered by the electorate, an electorate that is less well-off financially and less business-centred.
Conservatives want to cut red tape, or more likely their idea of what red tape appears to them. So the CBC may be on the sales block or certainly have its budget reduced. Conservatives see no place for Public Media in an economy rooted in capitalistic monopolies. So the CBC, TVO and many other public media outlets will be threatened by the assumed Conservative electoral win.
Wholesale de-regulation will be the rule of the day as it mirrors the future American deregulation policies of Donald Trump. You do know that Pierre Poilievre is an admirer of America’s Trump? Sure, most Conservatives are. Trump will run the government like a business, delegating policy and implementation to others. A Corporate Government. The Canadian Conservatives like this model and once Trump is President again, will officially reach out to their big brothers down south. They will call it diplomacy while we will know it to be a continental conspiracy. Right-wing movements will come to power in the Americas as they are in the European Union.
An end to social welfare will become an essential policy since conservatives see public welfare as unessential while corporate welfare is essential for the nation to compete internationally. Conservatives throw taxpayers’ money to corporations while freezing or reducing public funds for social welfare and assistance programs. Conservatism believes that the nation has no place in social assistance programs placing that responsibility onto Provincial Governments. Many local governments will view these programs entirely differently than the federal government, often tightening their public purse or denying funding. This is happening south of us in America and will happen up here if the Conservatives win an election by a landslide. Do you trust corporations? Do corporations have the best interest of you, your family and your neighbourhood? Remember corporations exist only to make profit. Taking care of those in need never creates profit but is a financial loss to the taxpayers. Liberals understand this while Conservatives prefer running their governments like a corporation.
Consider this folks. During the pandemic, the Conservatives voted to assist Canadian Citizens and also their businesses just like the Liberal-NDP. The Conservatives did not initiate this legislation but simply followed along to maintain an appropriate public image. If the conservatives held power with a majority things would have been different. Conservatives believe that handing out taxpayer funds is considered absolutely dreadful and should be unconstitutional. Therefore limited funds would have flowed to the public, the average Canadian. Funds would have been loaned/given to corporations and businesses receiving preferential treatment. It is the way of the conservative, to give to someone who will give in return future donations, influence and future benefit to those in power. The little guy vs Big Business. Corporations will win every time in a conservative universe.
Future consideration for whom you will politically support is a big deal. If you want Canada to mirror what is happening in the Southern USA where women’s rights are subservient to conservative ideology and religious beliefs, where someone’s vote is based upon racial community district locations and corporations can basically do whatever they wish. Then vote for Canada’s Conservatives. If you see a government willing to acknowledge & change historic wrongs, support its citizens during a crisis and see taxpayer’s funds as a tool for the betterment of its citizens then vote for the Liberal-NDP Center.
“The modern conservative is engaged in one of humanity’s oldest exercises in moral philosophy, that is the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness”(J.K Galbraith).
Conservatives are naturally selfish, self-centred and profit-centered. It is in their nature. Do you want your government to be led by such people?
Steven Kaszab
Bradford, Ontario
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