By Pepper Parr
April 27th, 2025
BURLINGTON, ON
While it is a nationwide election, the battles take place in the constituency trenches.
Karina Gould is fighting her fourth election; Emily Brown her second.
Political parties aside, they are both decent, accomplished women.
Gould has more to show politically; including that terrible gaff when she asked that what was said in the House about the former Nazi in the House of Commons while Ukraine president Zelensky was being recognized be struck from the record.
Gould has delivered the bacon, that’s what she was elected to do.
Brown has worked very hard at the constituency level to keep the Conservatives in the public eye.
Should she lose this election it would be very hard to come back a third time.
Should Gould lose the election, there is little doubt that she will be a candidate in the next federal election.
Her decision to run for the leadership of the Liberal party was a brave move – at some point, she could well become the Prime Minister.
Voters across the country will be voting for the political party they would like to see win – this is a race between Pierre Poileivre and Mark Carney being decided in the 383 constituencies coast to coast to coast.
It is an existential election; Canada is going to go through a massive change in which countries it trades with; on how much it spends on defense and how the federal government that takes office decides to spend the tax dollars it will raise.
Our economy and our borders are at risk.
The new Prime Minister will have to deal with a President who is both reckless, unstable and unprepared to adhere to the Constitution he swore to protect.
Every Canadian will have determined their choice when they vote on Monday.
The 7.3 million voters who cast ballots during the Easter holiday, a record two million on Good Friday, is evidence enough that citizens are engaged.
If you haven’t voted – do so.
Thousands will vote for a political party they have not voted for in the past. That is democracy at its best.
Karina Gould
Emily Brown
The choice is: Emily Brown or Karina Gould.
Yes, there are other candidates, and the political parties they represent matter. They
Michael Bator, People’s Party of Canada
Michael Beauchemin, New Democratic Party
Emily Brown, Conservative Party of Canada
Karina Gould, Liberal Party of Canada
Paul Harper Parti Rhinocéros Party
Kyle Hutton Green Party
Ocean Marshall Libertarian Party of Canada
Certainly won’t be PP, the perpetually angry and divisive choice of Trump, Musk, Goetz, Alex Jones and other such “people.” If they’re happy, you’re on the wrong side of decency.
We need a leader who is positive and kind and intelligent and who wants to build people up not tear everyone different than him down. Instead of calling out the “F-the other guy” sign-waving convoy gang, PP brings them donuts and courts their votes. He sounds more like the Trump playbook by the day. He can’t even answer media questions unless he decides he approves of the questioner. Spews out the Trumpian “woke ideology” phrase and muses about using the notwithstanding clause, thinks diversity, equity and inclusion are negatives (lovely stance there) and looks forward to gutting the public service.
I see an erosion of rights and democracy, continued spreading of misinformation and a whole lot of hate and cruelty just like the US with today’s Reformer Conservative Party. We should be better than this in Canada. With the world as it is, we need positivity and Canadian pride, and a clear message that we won’t cow to Trump the felon.