The right is literally the opposition party to the libs right now, and nearly lost the election. It sounds like you don't actually understand the definition of the left since you appear to think that liberals are on the left. They are a right wing capitalist party representing the interests of the oligarchs.

Liberalism consists of two main parts. First is political liberalism which focuses on wholesome ideas such as individual freedoms and democracy. Second is economic liberalism which centers around free markets, private property, and wealth accumulation. These two aspects form a contradiction. Political liberalism purports to support everyone’s freedom, while economic liberalism enshrines private property rights as sacred in laws and constitutions, effectively removing them from political debate.

As a result, liberalism justifies the use of state violence to safeguard property rights, over supporting ordinary people, which contradicts the promises of fairness and equality. Private property is seen as a key part of individual freedom under liberalism, and this provides the foundational justification for the rich to keep their wealth while ignoring the needs of everyone else. Thus, the talk of freedom and democracy ends up being nothing more than a fig leaf to provide cover for justifying capitalist relations.

The left doesn't even have a party right now.

I think everyone needs to cut this guy a bit of slack. You've got a rockstar level of intelligence in a leader, a non-career politician, someone who's actually gained knowledge, worked for a living, etc etc., trying to guide a country through two major major fronts, one being a grifter career populist politician trying to gain power at whatever costs. The other front is trying to protect us from and guide us through interactions with a completely deranged and unhinged lunatic, surrounded by a real who's-who of the worlds greatest supervillains, who happens to be our biggest trading partner.

Housing is an important domestic policy, don't get me wrong. Yes it's been ignored, abused by capitalism, whatever else, no arguments here. But right now existence and basically sovereignty>primary economic existence>basically everything else.

The roles these people are fulfilling currently, are probably some of the most thankless roles in existence, on the planet, right now. That they literally cannot win at.

For that, they have my support, through this current moment. Everything else, as terrible as it is and as much as that sucks, pretty much has to go on the backburner. I'm not even really a Liberal guy usually. I've voted for all three at some point, for the record (Cons, Libs, and yes even once for the NDP).

I would actually think they aren't so worried about their various financial interests (which if they are substantial are traditionally supposed to be in blind trusts in the case of the leaders), but more or less are worried more about the voters. Once the boomers die off, over the next couple of decades, I think you'll see a gradual, but dramatic shift in perspective about the governments involvement in housing strategy.

The government thought, couldn't run a lemonade stand without 40 layers of bureaucracy, so I mean be careful what you wish for.

I think we're past the time of electing people on charisma. That works when people aren't struggling as much as they are today.

We'll see how things move with the new NDP leader, depending on who it is. We'll talk again. Maybe I'll turn out wrong.