Recent decades in politics have made us cynical. We rarely trust our politicians to wield power effectively or honestly. Our politicians have responded by making their promises smaller and more boutique, or else giving up their power altogether. Our cynicism has made us lazy and unimaginative.
And so the tools of public policy have, increasingly, become targeted tax cuts and public-private partnerships. The results have been worsening government services and a distinct feeling like Canada can’t build anything anymore.
The NDP don’t know how to make their own lunch.
