This text does not refer to sport, but to the positioning of the parties on the Canadian federal scene. Indeed, if the New Democratic Party (NDP) pulls the Trudeau government to the left, the Conservative Party of Canada (PCC) tends to accentuate its movement to the right, thus creating a vacuum at the center.
As we know, the NDP negotiates its support with the Liberals to obtain social gains. In doing so, it contributes to inflating state spending. Moreover, with the help of COVID, the minority government gave the impression of spending lavishly by excessively distributing checks to individuals and businesses. All this could have produced an increase in inflation which was already fueled by a labor shortage and supply problems in different sectors. Likewise, by being out of step with housing needs and by opening the doors wide to immigration, Trudeau has exacerbated the frustrations of a population who consider that his reign has lasted long enough.
The controversial leader of the PCC seized the opportunity by positioning himself as another possible solution to Canadian governance. Using a form of Trumpian demagoguery, while presenting himself as a good father, Pierre Poilievre wants to be the spokesperson for demagogic “common sense”, by proposing a reduction in taxes, which would inevitably lead to a reduction in federal services offered to the population. Without measuring the repercussions of his policies, such as the abandonment of the carbon tax or the filtering of subsidies intended for infrastructure, he proposes to count without spending too much. On its face, its policies are dangerous for the sustainability of an egalitarian and environmentally conscious Canada.
Thus, Canadians are torn between several options: either keep a Trudeau in power with his contradictions, his hesitations and his spending tendencies, or else embark on a perilous adventure with a free electron whose behavior and ideas risk placing the Canada on a siding full of unpleasant surprises to come. As for the NDP, it seems not to be winning from its role of supporting the Trudeau government.
Fortunately, there is the Bloc Québécois to offer another option to rebalance these diametrically opposed trends by positioning itself at the center of these two extremes. […]
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