As a new
Canadian, voting this Fall in my first federal election, I was a little
surprised that so many young people I know and work with (in a liberal
Atlantic province) express a preference for Thomas Mulcair over Justin Trudeau. I
just don't see the personal appeal, though I support the party and its
platform.
It was explained to me that Mulcair comes across as a
very capable public administrator, one to whom important decisions can
be trusted.
Our current government is perceived as one that had
badly mismanaged Canada; taking the country in directions it didn't need
to go. Canadians (those I know personally), by and large, do not want
radical change, they want a return to the Canada they love; and I, the
Canada that brought me from the United States, at the age of 48, to
start a new life, in a new country, in which I had no family or friends.
Now
a citizen since February 2012; I can still see the Canada that enticed
me to immigrate; and I see young Canadians determined to protect and
restore it. And that makes me confident of my/our future.
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