Conservative leadership candidate Leslyn Lewis said Conservatives want to preserve what Canada was like prior to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau being elected, claiming it is “hard to believe how much our society has declined in that time.”.“And while the COVID crisis exacerbated much of the decline, it was not the virus itself that actually caused the speedy fall of our most important institutions,” said Lewis in a Sunday email. .“It was government policies that have caused this rapid erosion of trust between Canada’s citizens and their elected officials.”.Lewis said this decline can be found in the Emergencies Act. Trudeau had been told by security advisors they were approaching a peaceful resolution. .She went on to say Trudeau chose to use the Emergencies Act as “a tool to make it seem that he resolved the conflict, that he was a strong leader, and that he acted out of the best interest of Canadians because he had no choice.” She added that selfish leadership erodes trust and makes it tougher for people to view politicians as competent when the next crisis hits. .Lewis said COVID-19 was used for political gain. She claimed to have met with elderly people who cried when they found out COVID-19 vaccines did not prevent people from catching and spreading the virus. .Lewis said Trudeau knew the vaccines did not prevent transmission, but he still warned Canadians it was dangerous to sit next to unvaccinated people. She said he doubled down on his lies “to create division and fear and then opportunistically called an election that cost Canadians $650 million dollars.”.According to her, Canada’s most sacred institutions have been tarnished. The government-funded media had to retract multiple stories about the Freedom Convoy which spread fear and created division. .She said Canada has become unrecognizable, but there is hope. .Lewis has travelled across Canada in the last several months and has seen people’s strength. “Strong leadership will once again restore this nation as the freest and most prosperous nation in the world,” she said. .Lewis came out in support of the Dutch farmer protests on July 14. .READ MORE: Lewis speaks out about Dutch farmer protests.“Canadian farmers are horrified to see what is happening in the Netherlands because our country is following the same destructive path,” she said. .“The Liberals’ Net Zero policy commitment is predicated upon the complete decarbonization of the entire food supply chain under a technocratic management system.”
