Dear Editor:
A new Canadian Prime Minister is a big deal, especially when an election will be held in a matter of weeks. Mark Carney is new and shiny for many voters. As all leaders, he has his strengths and weaknesses. He has served as governor of the Bank of Canada and governor of the Bank of England. Impressive credentials! As well he advised the former liberal prime minister on economic policies. Not so impressive!
He has never run for political office, and is not fluent in French, which until the last few months would have been unacceptable for any Canadian Liberal prime minister. It seems U.S. President Donald Trump has changed our core beliefs and values as well.
Trump’s election and his threats to our country, though real, have been used as an excuse by the federal Liberals to walk away from their failed policies of the last nine years and usher in new ones. Late in the game, the “new” Liberal Party wants to forge a different path for Canada. Really?
My head is spinning. I am reminded of what we were taught in school every day and especially during exam time. We were not to cheat! It seems as though the Liberals under Carney are copying what the Conservatives under Leader Pierre Poilievre have been advocating for years.
I see my young adult grandchildren working hard every day to create their own unique futures. Poilievre believes in hard work as a proud politician, family man and leader of the federal Conservatives. He has identified policies which will improve living standards for everyone such as removing interprovincial trade barriers, axing the carbon tax, and decreasing building costs so those who wish to own a home are able to do so.
Carney agrees with Poilievre because most of what the Conservatives have been fighting for have now become Liberal policies. Poilievre has done the hard work, but not Carney, not yet. Let him serve as leader of the opposition for the next five years and then run again.
You do not get to show up and overnight and become prime minister of Canada. That may be the Liberal way, but it is not the Canadian way.
Janet Calderwood,
Rockwood