This is no longer the Peace, Order and Good Governance society I immigrated to in the ’90s. The last six debates I’ve attended have made that painfully clear. While the economy crumbles, the focus has been almost entirely on identity politics and social engineering. It’s like rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic.

We need real leadership—someone willing to take on the boring but critical issue of the financialization of our economy. If we can’t deliver real land reform for the next generation—opening up Crown land and offering it to them under 40-year, interest-free loans—they will turn to parties that offer them nothing but permanent rentership under the illusion of security. I won’t let that happen without a fight.