It’s important to note that Canadians’ frustration with government didn’t start with the pandemic. Housing prices in much of the country were already a problem, in large part due to municipal obstructionism. Timely health care was a perennial gripe, featuring long wait times and federal-provincial finger-pointing over who should foot the bill.
Our military is starved of both jets and ships. Many rural Indigenous reserves remain without potable water. Money laundering is rampant. And the Trudeau government had developed a well-earned reputation for being really good at announcing things, but not so good at delivering them.
