As everyone knows by now, in the end Calgarians decided to send my old bosses Kent Hehr and Darshan Kang off to Ottawa to represent them in Parliament. I couldn't be more thrilled for either man, and I know they'll represent their constituents very well indeed.
Sometimes I still feel a little sad that I've mostly pulled away from politics, particularly at election time. I did a tiny bit of work for Kent's campaign this time around, mainly handling some correspondence, and I'm very grateful I had the opportunity to do so.
I know Darshan and Kent will have a million things to do as they slip into their new roles, but I do have a few requests, in no particular order:
Sometimes I still feel a little sad that I've mostly pulled away from politics, particularly at election time. I did a tiny bit of work for Kent's campaign this time around, mainly handling some correspondence, and I'm very grateful I had the opportunity to do so.
I know Darshan and Kent will have a million things to do as they slip into their new roles, but I do have a few requests, in no particular order:
- Renegotiate the Trans-Pacific Partnership and stand up for fair copyright terms.
- Protect net neutrality.
- Repeal C-51.
- Launch an inquiry into missing and murdered aboriginal women.
- Un-muzzle Canada's scientists.
- Fund the CBC properly, so they can do their job.
- Get serious about fighting climate change.
- Move us toward a transferable ballot before the next election.
- Increase contributions to the Canada Pension Plan, a good Liberal idea that died before it could be implemented.
- Bring back the mandatory long-form census.
Of course none of this can happen overnight, and I know both Kent and Darshan have plenty of their own ideas to build a better country, and there's lots of good stuff in the Liberal platform. But a few additional ideas can't hurt.
