With Elizabeth
May’s Greens looking newly feisty, and Jagmeet Singh…existing on paper,
the Liberals need to find ways to motivate their potential vote. And
while some in the centre might still be wobbling on the Conservative
Party’s commitment to not pick up the abortion baton, the real battle is
to Justin Trudeau’s left. He needs to convince Canada’s progressives
that he’s their only hope, even if he has let them down badly on some
pretty major files.
Seen from the left, the Liberal disappointment list includes more
than just abortion. It includes electoral reform. It includes openness
and transparency. And it includes selling out to corporate interests
(hello, SNC). But the biggest disappointment to those on the left who
placed their faith in Trudeau has to be the environment, another file
where Liberal rhetoric has vastly outstripped result, if not action.