It's easy to feel that Canada isn't broken from the shuffleboard courts of Del Boca Vista. The reality on the ground for your average full-timer, as well as first-time voters, is much, much different.
It’s really sad and sick that the boomers of which I am one are choosing carbon tax carney over Pierre and the conservatives. I don’t understand why they have a problem with a conservative government that would help lift up all the generations that come after them?! How does that hurt them?
I know the smug attitude from my husband’s brother and wife who are snowbirds and go to Palm Springs annually to play golf, “that they worked hard for what they have” so entitled to their millions dollar house, their luxurious 5th wheel, and their time spent on the golf courses in Palm Springs every year never allowing for the difference between times and opportunities during their working years and the grim times and lack of opportunities now that face the younger generations along with the skyrocketing insane unprecedented costs of living increases!
We are voting hard for Pierre and the Conservative party as Trudeau and the Lieberals have done nothing but broken Canada over their 9+ year rule and who would be stupid enough to vote for Carney who is Trudeau 2.0 with his WEF UN WHO and other globalist policies ready to net carbon us into oblivion!
Sonya, thanks for this. I think we still have time to tell the appropriate stories, cultivate a mood, and lay out a clearer choice once Carney can start wearing the problems of incumbency.
That smug attitude can indeed be alienating and frustrating. There's a flippancy to dismissing the issues felt by tens of millions of classical liberals and conservatives, who are no radicals, and nor are they (we) asking for too much. It works for a small few, but not for many. That's not some failure of capitalism or the open markets, this has been a pretty unique experiment into rigging a Laurentian economy.
It will be important to continue to hammer that disconnect and to still invite those who have been willing to excuse Liberal scam or failures to the table. There's always the possibility for quiet conservatives in the ballot box.
I like the way you think! A reasoned positive outlook which is very welcome these days so thank you!
Another issue that I think is difficult to bridge the gap is how privileged many members of the political class are, so much so they have no idea what it is like to worry if you have enough to pay the rent or mortgage, keep the lights and heat on along with having food on the table, and having to deal with say a sudden unexpected cost of say your car needing a repair.🤷♀️
Alex, this is another insightful analysis of a seriously depressing situation. A most encouraging takeaway from your text is the fact some 45% of Canadians currently between the age of 18 and 34 have conservative values. This bodes well for the future, despite today's chaotic situation.
Understandably, most Canuck political pundits are focused on the former Brookfield chair and his truth-challenged comments made during a recent leadership debate. Nonetheless, it was extraordinary to hear the diminutive bobblehead standing near him suggest that she'd form a global nuclear alliance to protect Canada from the United States. Haven't heard a reaction to that from the professional opinion vendors. Perhaps it was just too nutty for the sanctimonious scribes to respond.
Thanks Ted. I think when we finally get to the ballot box, these demographic shifts will more consistently show conservative support, and a continually strong, measured -- and yes, moderate -- Pierre will bring some over-60s support back into the fold.
The Freeland quote was nuts. The chattering class/conservative ecosphere is now a bit of a minefield, with beyond-practical degrees of TDS taking hold with many. I think it's normal to find many of his recent actions tedious, unsettling, and rhetorically threatening to Canada's (deliberately) weakened position, but escalating our rhetoric even further helps no one.
Hey Alex, as Ted says... "another insightful analysis".
I wouldn't tar Boomers too widely. I'm soon-to-be 73 and in my Midwestern Ontario region, Boomers are overwhelmingly Conservative.
We live here, year 'round, and see with our aged eyes the effects of the latest round of Trudeau mania. It wouldn't surprise me if Carney went the way of Dion and Ignatieff.
Having lived through the first round, this latest Trudeau Lieberal incarnation has been much worse by several orders of magnitude. At least Daddy was intelligent enough to, sort of, know what he was doing. Junior is a complete idiot and surrounded himself with like-minded people. I told my wife in 2015 when junior first formed a government that it would end badly for Canada.
As far as the polls go... If you ask the 'right' people, you get the results you're looking for.
ie, Ask 'Palm Springs' you get a Palm Springs answer.
Ask the same question in Midwestern Ontario, you'll get a much more representative answer.
Well said, Peter, and I lament some of the perception of panting with a broad brush for the sake of theme and some levity. I don't believe that any Canadian of any age has anything to feel guilty for, nor am I some ageist punk kid, I'm just always on the search for how best to attempt to communicate things to the masses or this audience.
Very much agreed on it "depends on who you ask." If my hatred of Gary Mason had this leaning on the too flippant side, I'll own that.
I’m 70. My husband is 67. We skipped the US and went straight to Costa Rica because we can actually afford it but not the States. It’s likely that we will sell up back in Canada because pensions don’t keep
us well enough to own 2 homes. Who needs that anyhow? I don’t know one person who admits to voting liberal in the last 10 years. Hell would freeze over faster than we would.
My wife and I spent a week in Tarrytown/Sleepy Hollow.
Deep in Biden-Harris country leading up to the election.
And everyone was so nice to us. Accommodating and willing to chat whether it was a gift shop merchant or people serving us. The Cuban family run breakfast restaurant and the Italian family place were highlights.
I miss it. The geriatric time vampires sucking the energy and hope out of Canada need a reckoning.
Thanks for this, James. Sure tracks with every experience I've ever had in the American South, or small-town USA. There's a real connective tissue there that we're often lacking. We can often wear a cultivated mask of ironic detachment I really don't care for.
This all just makes me so sad. I’m so disappointed in my generation (Gen X) and the Boomers who look like they are getting duped again!! You have to rally the young vote Alex!
Good one. I’m 73, so I guess that makes me a boomer, but I definitely won’t be voting for Mark Carnage. Still, isn’t there a chance that the boomers down at Del Boca Vista will realize, however belatedly, that the main reason it’s so much more expensive down there this year is that the people they keep voting for specialize in turning the CAD into toilet paper?
Well said, Harry. I suppose the issue might be, if they were even capable of realizing this... are we sure they'd care? I feel bad about painting with a broad brush, but in interfacing with the public for a living, and digging through every poll imaginable, 1/3 of all Canadians, no matter the demographic, appear to have an upside-down set of hierarchical values.
"Barely good enough for me, future of the country be damned," is a lousy place for them to settle.
I must say I am absolutely dumbfounded that the Canadian people, according to the latest polls, are going to give Carnage and the LPC a shot at regaining power, essentially by the Libs memory-holing the past decade and turning 180 degrees in the opposite direction. Now they love pipelines, productivity, mining, fossil fuels, and plan to combat fentanyl, instead of handing it out, oh, and don’t forget fiscal probity, now their all about controlling ‘spending’, while promising yet more ‘investment’. Those are the Liberal Principles: if you don’t like them, they have others. And, by Jingo, all they had to do was wrap themselves in the flag that not long ago they said was a white supremacist dog whistle and had flown at half mast for a year, and accuse(yet again) Poilievre of being a MAGA acolyte of Orange Hitler, and pow, they’re back in spitting distance of another term in power so they can enrich their friends (remember the green slush fund they shut down Parliament to avoid being looked at) and continue to sell us out to their ChiCom masters. If Canada reelects the Liberals, it deserves the economic collapse that will follow.
It’s really sad and sick that the boomers of which I am one are choosing carbon tax carney over Pierre and the conservatives. I don’t understand why they have a problem with a conservative government that would help lift up all the generations that come after them?! How does that hurt them?
I know the smug attitude from my husband’s brother and wife who are snowbirds and go to Palm Springs annually to play golf, “that they worked hard for what they have” so entitled to their millions dollar house, their luxurious 5th wheel, and their time spent on the golf courses in Palm Springs every year never allowing for the difference between times and opportunities during their working years and the grim times and lack of opportunities now that face the younger generations along with the skyrocketing insane unprecedented costs of living increases!
We are voting hard for Pierre and the Conservative party as Trudeau and the Lieberals have done nothing but broken Canada over their 9+ year rule and who would be stupid enough to vote for Carney who is Trudeau 2.0 with his WEF UN WHO and other globalist policies ready to net carbon us into oblivion!
Sonya, thanks for this. I think we still have time to tell the appropriate stories, cultivate a mood, and lay out a clearer choice once Carney can start wearing the problems of incumbency.
That smug attitude can indeed be alienating and frustrating. There's a flippancy to dismissing the issues felt by tens of millions of classical liberals and conservatives, who are no radicals, and nor are they (we) asking for too much. It works for a small few, but not for many. That's not some failure of capitalism or the open markets, this has been a pretty unique experiment into rigging a Laurentian economy.
It will be important to continue to hammer that disconnect and to still invite those who have been willing to excuse Liberal scam or failures to the table. There's always the possibility for quiet conservatives in the ballot box.
I like the way you think! A reasoned positive outlook which is very welcome these days so thank you!
Another issue that I think is difficult to bridge the gap is how privileged many members of the political class are, so much so they have no idea what it is like to worry if you have enough to pay the rent or mortgage, keep the lights and heat on along with having food on the table, and having to deal with say a sudden unexpected cost of say your car needing a repair.🤷♀️
Alex, this is another insightful analysis of a seriously depressing situation. A most encouraging takeaway from your text is the fact some 45% of Canadians currently between the age of 18 and 34 have conservative values. This bodes well for the future, despite today's chaotic situation.
Understandably, most Canuck political pundits are focused on the former Brookfield chair and his truth-challenged comments made during a recent leadership debate. Nonetheless, it was extraordinary to hear the diminutive bobblehead standing near him suggest that she'd form a global nuclear alliance to protect Canada from the United States. Haven't heard a reaction to that from the professional opinion vendors. Perhaps it was just too nutty for the sanctimonious scribes to respond.
Thanks Ted. I think when we finally get to the ballot box, these demographic shifts will more consistently show conservative support, and a continually strong, measured -- and yes, moderate -- Pierre will bring some over-60s support back into the fold.
The Freeland quote was nuts. The chattering class/conservative ecosphere is now a bit of a minefield, with beyond-practical degrees of TDS taking hold with many. I think it's normal to find many of his recent actions tedious, unsettling, and rhetorically threatening to Canada's (deliberately) weakened position, but escalating our rhetoric even further helps no one.
Hey Alex, as Ted says... "another insightful analysis".
I wouldn't tar Boomers too widely. I'm soon-to-be 73 and in my Midwestern Ontario region, Boomers are overwhelmingly Conservative.
We live here, year 'round, and see with our aged eyes the effects of the latest round of Trudeau mania. It wouldn't surprise me if Carney went the way of Dion and Ignatieff.
Having lived through the first round, this latest Trudeau Lieberal incarnation has been much worse by several orders of magnitude. At least Daddy was intelligent enough to, sort of, know what he was doing. Junior is a complete idiot and surrounded himself with like-minded people. I told my wife in 2015 when junior first formed a government that it would end badly for Canada.
As far as the polls go... If you ask the 'right' people, you get the results you're looking for.
ie, Ask 'Palm Springs' you get a Palm Springs answer.
Ask the same question in Midwestern Ontario, you'll get a much more representative answer.
Cheers.
Well said, Peter, and I lament some of the perception of panting with a broad brush for the sake of theme and some levity. I don't believe that any Canadian of any age has anything to feel guilty for, nor am I some ageist punk kid, I'm just always on the search for how best to attempt to communicate things to the masses or this audience.
Very much agreed on it "depends on who you ask." If my hatred of Gary Mason had this leaning on the too flippant side, I'll own that.
Best,
Alex
I’m 70. My husband is 67. We skipped the US and went straight to Costa Rica because we can actually afford it but not the States. It’s likely that we will sell up back in Canada because pensions don’t keep
us well enough to own 2 homes. Who needs that anyhow? I don’t know one person who admits to voting liberal in the last 10 years. Hell would freeze over faster than we would.
Sounds like a terrific choice, Janet! The missus and I may join you if this country fails to get the job done in the year ahead.
My wife and I spent a week in Tarrytown/Sleepy Hollow.
Deep in Biden-Harris country leading up to the election.
And everyone was so nice to us. Accommodating and willing to chat whether it was a gift shop merchant or people serving us. The Cuban family run breakfast restaurant and the Italian family place were highlights.
I miss it. The geriatric time vampires sucking the energy and hope out of Canada need a reckoning.
Thanks for this, James. Sure tracks with every experience I've ever had in the American South, or small-town USA. There's a real connective tissue there that we're often lacking. We can often wear a cultivated mask of ironic detachment I really don't care for.
This all just makes me so sad. I’m so disappointed in my generation (Gen X) and the Boomers who look like they are getting duped again!! You have to rally the young vote Alex!
I think we'll get there, Carol! Working on it!
Good one. I’m 73, so I guess that makes me a boomer, but I definitely won’t be voting for Mark Carnage. Still, isn’t there a chance that the boomers down at Del Boca Vista will realize, however belatedly, that the main reason it’s so much more expensive down there this year is that the people they keep voting for specialize in turning the CAD into toilet paper?
Well said, Harry. I suppose the issue might be, if they were even capable of realizing this... are we sure they'd care? I feel bad about painting with a broad brush, but in interfacing with the public for a living, and digging through every poll imaginable, 1/3 of all Canadians, no matter the demographic, appear to have an upside-down set of hierarchical values.
"Barely good enough for me, future of the country be damned," is a lousy place for them to settle.
I must say I am absolutely dumbfounded that the Canadian people, according to the latest polls, are going to give Carnage and the LPC a shot at regaining power, essentially by the Libs memory-holing the past decade and turning 180 degrees in the opposite direction. Now they love pipelines, productivity, mining, fossil fuels, and plan to combat fentanyl, instead of handing it out, oh, and don’t forget fiscal probity, now their all about controlling ‘spending’, while promising yet more ‘investment’. Those are the Liberal Principles: if you don’t like them, they have others. And, by Jingo, all they had to do was wrap themselves in the flag that not long ago they said was a white supremacist dog whistle and had flown at half mast for a year, and accuse(yet again) Poilievre of being a MAGA acolyte of Orange Hitler, and pow, they’re back in spitting distance of another term in power so they can enrich their friends (remember the green slush fund they shut down Parliament to avoid being looked at) and continue to sell us out to their ChiCom masters. If Canada reelects the Liberals, it deserves the economic collapse that will follow.