‘Canadians first’

Dear Editor:

Justin Trudeau and the Liberal Party of Canada will form a minority government … again.

So many will be and are angry and there are many valid reasons for this. With so many divisive topics brought up throughout this election our country feels more split than ever. There is also the large problem of those who have strong political opinions with very little understanding of the political structure of a Canadian government.

The years since I have lived in western Canada and moved back to Ontario I have seen a side of Canada that I am definitely not proud of. Now I travel across Canada and see people from all different demographics with many different opinions. Unfortunately some of these opinions have become so aggressive people have lost contact with friends and family and this election has only made that much more prominent for so many of us.

The biggest failure of this election in my opinion was that of Elections Canada. The absurd length of lines at polls was completely unacceptable. The ridiculous decrease in polling stations was also unacceptable.

Like it or not the Liberals won a minority.  It’s time to be Canadian, not western not eastern not Ontarian, not northern. We are Canadians first! We are not Liberals, not Conservative, not NDP. We are Canadian and from what I have seen many of us have forgotten that.

Travis McDougall, Kitchener