Full disclosure - I am a independent voter and consider myself a fiscal conservative and socially progressive.

We see lots of rants in this forum about Liberals and Conservatives but few concrete suggestions on what our priorities should be.

My views seem align with the polls. I was prepared to give the Trudeau government some slack in running a deficit to build infrastructure but they have certainly gone beyond that.  And passing a "do nothing budget" because you are waiting to see what the US does not demonstrate leadership. Whatever happens with NAFTA will take time to play out. Likely a year or more. Let's move forward and adjust course if need but but staying still is not a strategy.

We need to find replacement jobs in manufacturing and help regions of our country diversify from oil and natural resources.

While I would not go as far as Bernie Sanders I would agree that a drastic reduction in post-secondary education costs would help propel the country.