Braid: Voters across Canada are fed up with stale governments. Liberals beware
Today's political poison is incumbency, also defined as being around too long and failing too often
by Don Braid · Calgary HeraldIn the days leading up to the B.C. election on Oct. 19, an astute friend in Vancouver made a point of asking everyone she met how they would vote, and why.
Almost to a person, she said, Conservatives were voting to get rid of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
Yes, they thought their provincial vote would bring down a federal leader.
Trudeau wasn’t any part of that election, of course. B.C. doesn’t even have a provincial party with “Liberal” in the name, although it boasts the usual plethora of fringe parties.