Regardless, the Liberals need to get their act together. They are making too many dumb mistakes and generally are not (giving the appearance of) making significant progress on the big files.
On mistakes ............ I think the biggest ones are of the same character as the Wynne government, perhaps by way of Gerald Butts? Which is the appearance of hubris, and the failure to admit to 'bad optics' if nothing else. (I'm thinking of the recent fundraising 'scandal')
On the big files, I'm really awaiting much of their platform.
We have yet to see any move on expanded parental leave, there haven't yet been any significant expansions of ocean/land protection that were committed to, electoral reform has thus far gone nowhere,
and we have yet to see the marijuana legislation.
None of these are unto themselves crucial to me; but the Libs do appear to be dithering a bit.
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I would add I think the Conservative move in the Senate to call out the strange changes Liberals made in their 'middle class tax cut' and related files was an unusually smart one.
They straight-up called the Liberals on the fact they gave the largest benefit to the wealthiest folks, rather than those in the middle or at the low-end of the income range.
Let's be honest, few would expect the Conservatives in power to do better; but the Liberals did commit to doing better.
This puts them in an awkward spot.
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All that said, I will give them full credit for getting a CPP deal done, that on balance is a good one; and also for a child benefit that is slightly less dubious than the one it replaced.
They haven't been awful. I would argue and improvement on their predecessors, on balance.
But much remains expected, and as yet, unfulfilled.
