This is another weekly 2025 federal election edition of Doorstep Postings, the political column written by Josh Lieblein for The CJN.

Politics should be simple. Governments should fix problems. That’s all they have to do. If there were fewer problems, people wouldn’t be as angry. We would be able to agree on facts. We would be able to be civil to one another. But we don’t need to solve problems to win elections. We just need to tell the people who are angry about the lack of problem-solving that there’s no place in Canada for their feelings.

I've been contacted by a not-insubstantial number of people who feel they have no future in Canada anymore … and all for different reasons. To see millions of voters give these people the middle finger is something I don't think I'll ever be able to unsee.

The more we laugh at them, the more we dismiss them, the more we tell them to go away—the angrier they get. And that’s hilarious. It also makes us look good, calm, sensible and rational, and distracts people from our obvious shortcomings. They’re rude, we’re nice; they’re bad, we’re good. That’s the real meaning of #ElbowsUp. If you’re inside the circle, people will embarrass themselves trying to defend your worst screwups. If you’re outside the circle, nobody cares about what you have to say, no matter how competent you are.

Wow, the Ford government is outright endorsing the federal Liberal position, and outright opposing the federal Conservative position on child care.

This is such a gift to the Carney folks from the provincial Tories that it should count as a campaign contribution.

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