Dear Editor:
As we draw near to election day, we need to remember that this is an election where it is critically important for everyone who is eligible to get out and vote.
This federal election is, in some degree or another, predominantly about the American government and president. Canadians should be striving to maintain our freedom, our rights, our natural resources and our health care, among other things that the American government may try to take from us.
We should be voting for a government that is working for the people to give us a better life, not working against us and using us for personal greed and dominion.
Corruption involves groups of individuals in positions of power whose collective actions enable rule breaking of differing complexities for personal gain.
The Conservative Party seems to have had a shift in values, where they now appear to represent MAGA-style governing, conspiracy theories and regressive proposals.
Following in the tracks of far-right politics in the U.S., CPC Leader Pierre Poilievre’s tactics are designed to instigate resentments and fear and create division.
His “Canada First” agenda is a direct reverberation of Trump’s “America First”, and we can see firsthand how that is playing out across the border.
The top ballot box issue that has transfixed Canadians during this federal election is Trump and how political parties will deal with his unjustified threats and risks of destabilization.
It is extremely important to cast your vote, although more importantly to take the time to know exactly what you are voting for.
The stakes are higher than ever before and we need to maintain Canadians’ freedom and sovereignty. Demonizing marginalized groups, oppression, aggressive political leadership, and martial law are not the direction we want our country to plummet towards.
We are not here to simply make the rich more rich, as we suffer at the feet of the person we elected in the hopes they’d keep us safe and improve our lives.
We can make the choice to elect someone who will protect our freedom and our country.
Kristyn Salt,
Acton