As anyone who knows my values knows, I’m not to the right of the political spectrum, but I do respect those with views that differ from my own. However, I take issue with the Conservatives because they are a mean, small-minded group of people. The prime minister and his cabinet ministers are rude individuals who get involved in petty disputes and engage in nasty name-calling, rather than have intelligent debate with members of other parties – or the public, or journalists, for that matter. Their election campaign has consisted of angry, below-the-belt negative advertisements. They have nothing but disdain for the arts, academia, and social programs. Anyone who disagrees with them is treated to a feast of insults and innuendo, rather than a discussion of the issues. They are immature, mean-spirited and in my view are totally unfit to run this country.

And yet, without a doubt, they will win this election. And then everyone will spend the next several years complaining about them, just as we’ve done for the past few years.