Keep it Canadian

In case you haven’t noticed Canada is on its way to a federal election this fall. The Conservative Party of Canada under Andrew Scheer has already started its campaign. I am disturbed by the nature of that campaign so far. It has a disturbingly American flavour to it. There has been a flurry of attack tweets that are misleading and lacking in truth, just like Donald Trump’s. In none of these has there been any hint of what the Conservatives would do, just mudslinging. This is typical of American politics and their failing democracy, but simply unbecoming of a Canadian political party. It may be considered their best approach to win, but I can’t say that I can accept this Americanization of our electoral process. There is nothing in the current US political process that Canadians should wish to import into Canada. As voters we can fight this. If you are a Conservative voter, make it clear to your representatives that these American tactics don’t work here in Canada. If you are not a Conservative follower, then make sure you vote to not accept this tarnishing of our democratic process.