On a related note, I'd be very interested in knowing how people decide which issues are important when they're voting?
How do you weight climate change policy vs tax policy vs foreign policy vs covid policy etc. So far I haven't found any platforms that agree with all of my opinions.
As an example: I think the government's record on Afghanistan was very poor, as we had a lot of people who risked their lives helping Canadians who the government abandoned. I think that's a moral failing that is borderline disqualifying to lead. But obviously that isn't how Canadians as a whole felt about it, and it was barely even an issue during the campaign even though it broke after the election was called. Is that Canadians just giving a big FYGM to people who don't look like them and live somewhere else, or did voters decide that other policy factors (daycare, COVID, etc) were more important?
How do you weigh something like "I agree with their position on gun control and climate change" against "I think this tax policy is better for Canada." Or whatever issue is important to you.
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