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Changes coming in political world

The winds of change are blowing in the world of politics, and it is showing that the next federal election will be an interesting one, and certainly not just “boring politics” as we often see.

The winds of change are blowing in the world of politics, and it is showing that the next federal election will be an interesting one, and certainly not just “boring politics” as we often see.
The Conservatives were surprised when Max Bernier split off and is now attempting to form his own party, the “People’s Party of Canada”.
This will serve to split the Conservative vote in Canada, if he gains any traction with his party, and may ensure that neither he or the Conservatives will be able to unseat Justin Trudeau and the Liberals come the next federal election.
It is true that many Conservatives were a bit relieved to see him go, as he expressed the view that there is too much multiculturalism in Canada. As leader Andrew Scheer pointed out, this is not the view of the Conservative party, and indeed shouldn’t be.
Canada is proudly a nation with much cultural diversity, and it can only be hurtful to start being critical of how many immigrants from nations around the world are coming here to make a new life for themselves.
Certainly, the immigration policies espoused by the government need updating and changing, but not with a view of restricting people who want to come to our country, other than for legal reasons.
There needs to be a better way than to have a porous border where people just walk over into our country from the U.S. Immigration officials need to be able to check into those applying to come here so that we aren’t letting in people with a violent criminal past or with terrorist backgrounds.
Another surprise came about as a Liberal MP, Leona Alleslev, decided to cross the floor over to the Conservatives when Parliament opened its new session on Monday.
The prime minister has been trying to downplay this defection, but he should be listening to the reasons why she left the party, as she insisted that this was the only way she can represent her constituents properly.
She also feels that the sitting government of the Liberals needs to be challenged openly, and this could not be done while she was a member of that caucus.
This news came on the heel of a leaked video of the prime minister telling a group of First Nations leaders that he was “very very upset” about how a meeting with them went. Clearly the stage is being set, with more moves yet to come, to make for an interesting federal election in the fall of 2019. — Greg Nikkel