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On board with Aris on this one. Using the COVID-19 crisis to score political points is the wrong idea for sure. Instead take ideas and actions on an individual basis and judge them by merit, regardless of party politics.
Examples:
1. One year ago you would not have found me in the Doug Ford camp. No way, even though I detested the provincial liberals. But in the past 6 weeks he has completely won me over. Why? Because he holds his government responsible, recognizes and agrees where they should be doing better, and is working closely and is supportive of the actions of the federal government. He is being anything but partisan.
2. I believe the current Federal Government is also doing what they believe is best, and to a large extent I agree with their actions. Being who they are, they are throwing money around more than I think is necessary, but I get where they are coming from. We have seen the opposition at its best when it recognizes the government has gone way out of line and then both sides worked together to reach a compromise that was in fact much more reasonable. That is why we need to keep parliament running, even in these times. The government works better with checks and balances. And so far partisan behavior has been minimal (with the exception of certain individuals casting aspersions on Tam's loyalty).
So I find it easy to ignore errors like Ford's encouragement to travel during spring break, and the Federal Government's failure to bring in better quarantine measures on Canadian returning from abroad. At the time they were doing what they thought was best for Canadians, based on the information they had, and now they openly agree that in hindsight these were not the things to say or do. So before taking partisan swipes, think back to what you were thinking and saying about Covid-19 and now ask yourself "Would I have done the job much better, or would I have made my own mistakes?" For Canada's government, I honestly don't think I would had done better when it comes to taking action and communicating to the people. Maybe just different at some points, and more likely worse. As to the situation in the USA, I have to think differently, at least with regards to the White House press briefings. Things are being said there that simply appall me, and it's got nothing to do with republican versus democrat.
Examples:
1. One year ago you would not have found me in the Doug Ford camp. No way, even though I detested the provincial liberals. But in the past 6 weeks he has completely won me over. Why? Because he holds his government responsible, recognizes and agrees where they should be doing better, and is working closely and is supportive of the actions of the federal government. He is being anything but partisan.
2. I believe the current Federal Government is also doing what they believe is best, and to a large extent I agree with their actions. Being who they are, they are throwing money around more than I think is necessary, but I get where they are coming from. We have seen the opposition at its best when it recognizes the government has gone way out of line and then both sides worked together to reach a compromise that was in fact much more reasonable. That is why we need to keep parliament running, even in these times. The government works better with checks and balances. And so far partisan behavior has been minimal (with the exception of certain individuals casting aspersions on Tam's loyalty).
So I find it easy to ignore errors like Ford's encouragement to travel during spring break, and the Federal Government's failure to bring in better quarantine measures on Canadian returning from abroad. At the time they were doing what they thought was best for Canadians, based on the information they had, and now they openly agree that in hindsight these were not the things to say or do. So before taking partisan swipes, think back to what you were thinking and saying about Covid-19 and now ask yourself "Would I have done the job much better, or would I have made my own mistakes?" For Canada's government, I honestly don't think I would had done better when it comes to taking action and communicating to the people. Maybe just different at some points, and more likely worse. As to the situation in the USA, I have to think differently, at least with regards to the White House press briefings. Things are being said there that simply appall me, and it's got nothing to do with republican versus democrat.
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