Canada First.
I remember a time when people walked proudly, wearing their Canadian toques or Team Canada hockey jerseys, and cheerfully tipped a morning nod to a neighbour or stranger alike. I remember walking downtown seeing Canadian flags waving above store fronts, doors propped open welcoming folks to pop in. It was a quaint time, but not so long ago.
After 10 years of Trudeau’s harmful policies dividing our country, it is hard to listen to the news one of Canada’s closest allies has turned target towards us.
While many ask how Liberals could possibly let our great nation stumble and fall to this point with our closest trading partner, Conservative’s remain steadfast and focused on how we repair the damage Trudeau has caused.
President Trump’s tariffs are a wake-up call to all political leaders, who are now forced to put the national interest ahead of their own special interests.
We need a common-sense government focused on Canada first. We need a government focused on ensuring we have a united front here in Canada.
It is time for us to put Canada first above all else: our workers, our paycheques and our people. Our resources represent an opportunity to fuel, feed and secure the world; bring home powerful paycheques for our people; build energy projects, reduce global emissions; build economic reconciliation with First Nations; and rebuild our armed forces.
For many, Canada’s role in the world is often centered on what we can do with our intellectual and cultural talents. We see ourselves as a country best suited to act as a teacher, a mediator or as a good example. This distracts from the fact we can lead on two important fronts: energy and agriculture.
Canada is a world leader in its supply and sustainability of agricultural and energy resources. With this enviable access to the assets to fuel 21st century life, Canada has the ability and the opportunity to present itself as a true world leader. We have a unique opportunity to supply our allies with the energy they need, while also reducing the energy influence of the world’s bad actors.
We must unshackle our farmers from harmful Liberal policies. We must unleash Canadian energy on the international stage.
This is not the first time Canada’s national interests have encountered obstacles; Canada itself was forged by overcoming divisions with a grand national vision, uniting a country with ribbons of steel and advancing a shared vision. For more than 150 years, our country has endured wars, depressions and hard times. Our experience as one of the oldest democracies on earth affords us the opportunity to apply the lessons of an imperfect past toward shaping a promising future.
In an uncertain world, Canada’s essential rise as an energy and agriculture power hinges on our ability to reconnect with the determination and resolve to get things done. To once again be the can-do Canada.
We must take back control of our lives and country; a country which can be the source of energy and food security to the United States and our allies around the world. To achieve that goal, our country needs a Common Sense Conservative government that puts Canada First.
John
