It鈥檚 time for Canadians to look at the Conservative Party again. We in Western Canada are resilient, entrepreneurial and extremely hard working. These are traits the government of Canada should reward, not discourage.
As a member of Parliament representing the entire northern half (52 per cent actually) of Northern Saskatchewan, I have spent the last few weeks travelling to La Loche, Buffalo Narrows, Ile a la Crosse, Beauval, Creighton, Flin Flon, Denare Beach, Waskesieu, Debden, Big River and many stops in between.
You know what? I didn鈥檛 once hear anyone complain about COVID-19, rather the opposite 鈥� I heard from people young and old that they were grateful to be living in such a beautiful province surrounded by nature, family and good neighbours.
We certainly are lucky to be in Saskatchewan during this pandemic 鈥� while there have been outbreaks and cases of COVID-19, public health officials from all levels of government and Indigenous leadership have acted quickly and kept us safe.
Unfortunately, as has been the case over the past five years, Justin Trudeau鈥檚 government has turned their back on Saskatchewan and much of Western Canada.
Throughout the pandemic, our Saskatchewan Conservative MPs have fought hard to ensure our hard-working constituents who need it are included in assistance programs, both personal and business.
The Liberal made in Ottawa 鈥渙ne size fits all鈥� had initially left out groups such as Indigenous businesses, rural tourism and many small businesses in Saskatchewan.
If not for our strong caucus, many more businesses may have shut their doors for good during the pandemic.
Justin Trudeau doesn鈥檛 understand Saskatchewan, because he has never faced adversity, shown resilience, or poured blood, sweat and tears into something. It鈥檚 time for that to change.
On day one, newly elected Conservative Party of Canada leader Erin O鈥橳oole raised western alienation with Justin Trudeau, because he knows our natural resource sector as well as our small businesses and tourism (hunting and fishing camps) sectors are the economic engine of Canada and our farmers and agricultural workers feed families from coast to coast to coast. 聽
Erin鈥檚 service in Canada鈥檚 military, the private sector as a lawyer and for the past several years in the House of Commons makes him a capable leader for Canada during this time of pandemic and economic crisis.
More importantly, as Canada begins to re-open, Erin will lead a government that rebuilds our economy and creates long-term, good-paying jobs with ambitious national projects, infrastructure and federal programs to make it easier for people to get ahead. 聽
Our Conservative team will do this while also keeping us safe and ensuring we are never ill prepared again. That is our message to Canadians and that is why I believe many Canadians will once again look to the Conservative Party of Canada and find themselves at home in it.聽
