The longtime Conservative, who served in provincial politics before being elected to the House of Commons in 2019, said Canada’s challenges demand people lead “not with complaint” — a thinly veiled swipe at Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre — “but with confidence in a strong future.”


Yea, in the end, we are a representative democracy, not a direct democracy. We vote for a representative in the expectation that they represent our views, and that they take the actions needed to do that.