For too long conservatives have been exclusive, ideologically purity-focused to the end result of navel-gazing. Quoting Friedman and Thatcher at cocktail parties while dismissing the real and valid concerns of fellow conservatives.
The poorer classes have been left on the side of the road, at every turn their efforts have been hampered by systems that see no value in them, and the aspects of their lives they value most are often completely discredited and devalued.
Urban concerns are understandably of outsized importance to policymakers, but rural voices should not be wholly drowned out in the big-city din. When it came to COVID measures, rural Canadians just wanted some understanding and consideration for their unique circumstances.
