Before we break out the poutine and double-doubles we have a major mess to clean up!
It happened so fast. The correspondents and pundits could not react fast enough to the red wave that swept the nation; as their comments were continuously interrupted with the latest results of Justin Trudeau being declared Canada’s next Prime Minister. Like a good soldier, CBC News: The National Chief Correspondent Peter Mansbridge was reluctant to jump on the bandwagon too soon; however, the Liberal’s early victory in the Maritimes was the first crack in the dam. By the time the initial figures were posted from Quebec and Ontario, the nation was flooded under a sea of red.
Canadians living on the west coast might have felt a little neglected knowing that a majority government was declared before their polls were closed. Unless you are a devoted Liberal supporter, a participant of ABC (Anyone But Conservatives) strategic voting, and/or you really hate the Conservative Government of Canada, knowing the results before submitting one’s ballot can be anti-climatic.
So what does this mean for Canada now?
Unfortunately we are not out of the hole yet. With Stephen Harper stepping down, as the leader of the opposition party, Canadians will need to put the past behind them. By the end of this week, most of the Stephen Harper memes/vines/videos/burning effigies will become annoying, therefore, the majority will need to start making the Liberal Party accountable for the ‘Real Change’ that was promised. With a lucrative pension, former Primer Minister Stephen Harper most likely doesn’t care what non-supporters think of him. As he returns to his home in Alberta, he will be surrounded by the very individuals that helped him get into office; therefore, it is time to for the rest of us to move on.
Most of Canada decided to elect a majority government that has a set platform, which involves running a known deficit, to invest in infrastructure. As the old saying goes, “a deficit if necessary, but not necessarily a deficit”. The investments made by the Liberal Government could take years, if not decades, to pay off. Canadians demanding “Real Change” should expect to roll up their sleeves and get ready to work harder than they have ever worked before. Both as a nation and within our households, we need to curb our addiction to borrowing from lenders. We need to empower residents to start developing cost effective solutions that will accumulate wealth for Canadians.
First things first, if we are going to work side-by-side again, we all need to be equals again. The days of fear mongering should be long gone, therefore, we should really repeal Bill C24. United we stand, divided we will definitely fall. Now that we have moved passed irrelevant issues and political topics that were all smoke and mirrors during the election, we need to create jobs for Canadians. While many Canadians were focused on #heavesteve, we should discuss irrevocable agreements that Canada is now stuck with and soon to be stuck with. If you aren’t familiar with FIPA (Foreign Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement) and TPP (Trans-Pacific Partnership) you have some homework this week.
Hopefully my computer won’t be hacked now because of Bill C51, which also needs to go. Once we have cleaned up our mess, we can eventually become the Canada that the world once loved and respected again. Unfortunately we cannot afford to return to polling stations in four years and demand “Real Change” again, Mr. Trudeau promised that he would “be the prime minister of all Canadians”; we therefore, we have to work together to make this work.
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