It’s painfully obvious that the Democrats and Liberals in Canada need to move to move back to the centre. They are bleeding votes to the right as their policies no longer appeal to a broad contingency of voters.
One political commentator on CNN put it best when he said that voters resonate with the policies of Donald Trump but not the messenger. Putting food on the table and paying bills, along with safety and security will garner more attention than some of the alternative priorities the left is seen as pushing.
This wave of conservatism will continue to gain momentum unless smart common sense policies and people return to the Democrats/Liberals. It’s just unfortunate that a guy like Donald Trump is the catalyst for this type of reckoning. The warning signs were there under his first presidency yet they continued to be ignored. Hopefully this sparks some real change and a shift back to the centre, although I’m not feeling overly optimistic.
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