But Mulcair was appealing to a lot of centrist and centre-left voters who usually vote Liberal. That's why they shot to number one in the polls. But I think once the election started Trudeau had more to offer in the form of easily explained policies that promised people lots of stuff. The Conservatives, by contrast, offered nothing but more of the same. The NDP didn't have a lot to offer since they wanted to keep the budget balanced. Trudeau simply had more to spend. It's not a coincidence every seat east of Quebec went Liberal.
I have been an admirer of the Scandinavian countries for a long time, but their ability to offer up extremely generous social programs without a ton of people stopping work to take advantage of that was based largely on them having small, homogenous communities with strong work ethics, great schools, and a sense of personal responsibility. Those are wavering now as a result of mass immigration and as a result they're having to cut back on the generosity.
You can't have mass immigration and a generous welfare state together.
Scandinavia is taking its lead on immigration from Canada.
In contrast, Canada is usually described as a policy “borrower.”
But in the area of immigration and integration policies, the relationship has turned on its head. Canada is the policy lender; Scandinavia the policy borrower.
As immigration novices, Denmark, Norway and Sweden have been searching for inspiration and new solutions abroad. And the Canadian immigration and integration policy model is attracting avid interest.
In fact, the Canadian model has played a significant role in the Scandinavian reform process since the early 2000s.
In particular, Canada’s positive view of “immigrants as a resource” has served to inspire new attitudes towards labour immigration in Denmark, Norway and Sweden.
https://bravecanada.ca/canada-is-inspiring-scandinavian-countries-on-immigration/