I will probally vote Conservative. But I fucken hate Poliviere.
It comes down to economics, woke shit being taught in elementary, high school, and post secondary schools, the Liberal have shown they can't run the economy, at least not well enough for the common man; where most 40-50% are struggling to make ends meet.
The economics is that we do not refine our natural resources, we give them away to other countries at below market price (especially to the states eg tar sand oil).
The amount of CO2 being put into the air :
"Canadians are among the biggest carbon polluters in the world, emitting the second-highest
per capita greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions among OECD countries in 2022. The country was also the 11th
biggest CO₂ emitter worldwide that year, having produced 1.5 percent of total global CO₂ emissions. As part of its Emissions Reduction Plan (ERP), Canada has committed to cut GHG emissions by 40 to 45 percent by 2030 from 2005 levels, on its pathway to net zero by 2050. However, achieving these targets has already proven challenging. "
https://www.statista.com/topics/9012/emissions-in-canada/
The way it is written is that Canada is a big polluter, but we only have 1.5 % of the worlds pollution. When you produce steel and cement (the prime ingredients in construction) you will make Co2. You burn gas you make CO2.
So to get to 2050 zero greenhouse gas emissions, you are killing steel and cement. So no construction industry.
You are never going to get rid of greenhouse gases. But one day we can develop technology so we can bind those gases somehow.
For now we need to generate economic strategy to get Canadians to a better point. This means more steel and cement now. More manufacturing. Use our natural resources to make plastics (not import from the US). Remember all those plastic shields at grocery checkouts during covid, yup made in the good old USA. That 4x8 sheet of acrylic/polycarbonate cost 150-200 in US, here in Canada cost 400-450.
The reason US giant stores (home depot, Walmart (china), Costco) are doing so well with low prices is the elimination of the middle companies. This is the main reason little stores can't compete with them.
I am all for building new solar, wind, hydro, geo-thermal, wave energy, it will take time to build up to it. In the meanwhile until fusion is available, nuclear fission with a CANDU or a new type of thorium reactor will help where hydro is not readily available (Alberta, Sask, NB, PEI, NS and parts of Nfld.).
I remember going into a hardware store when I was young and you had all types of nails, screws etc in bins and you brought it by weight. Now you buy in boxes, which are way overpriced because of the packaging?? Nuts and bolts (fine and coarse threads) and other fasteners.
Should people nowadays want to do a project in their garage/workshop (if they have one), you usually have to special order parts or stuff, because they are not readily available in home depot or Cdn tire.