Although my Conservative colleagues and I are eager to hold the Trudeau government to account, we feel that calling a premature election in the midst of a pandemic is perhaps the most shocking and crass example of political opportunism in Canadian history.
An election at this time would throw the country into disarray at precisely the time that we need consistency in government. It would mean that, in the midst of the vaccine roll-out, the country would be without political leadership for over a month. It is absolutely shameful that Justin Trudeau would place his own political fortunes ahead of the health and safety of Canadians.
There is no valid reason for an election at this time. The minority government has not been an obstacle to effective pandemic policy, and, in fact, the opposition parties have been constructively cooperative with that effort. Trudeau is grasping for more power for power’s sake and appears not to care how much damage he causes to the country in doing so.
When the pandemic is over, the Conservative Party looks forward to holding the Liberals to account for their haphazard and ineffective spending, the WE scandal and the botched vaccine roll-out. But until that time, our country needs stability, not power-lust.
-Tom Lukiwski, Member of Parliament, Moose Jaw – Lake Centre – Lanigan
