And yet somehow we never vote them out by voting for the party out of the top three that would do the most to improve people's lives. We just bounce back and forth between the options we know to be bad.

I mean, Pierre being a shittier more out of date version of the American right wing is pretty on brand for him. People say he's a President's Choice brand Trump, but that's unfair, he's more of a Great Value brand DeSantis really.

Unfortunately, I think vaccine mandates remain a sore spot for many in the electorate. I try to go out of my bubble and keep conservative or right-leaning friends/acquaintances, and it's surprising how often this still comes up.

but we all know we don’t vote in parties in Canada, we just vote them out

I have wished for a long time that the parties would be disbanded (as they currently exist), so only their policy platforms would remain. I feel like only then would they cut the BS and end up more like think tanks that candidates are allowed to join and work with on policy ideas ONLY (i.e. NO campaign or marketing assistance; just publicly verifiable confirmation if candidate X signed off on policy Y).

Then candidates could go on the record saying if they align with party A's economic platform on issue 1 and party B's social platform on issue 2 (and be held to account), rather than coasting on vague party affiliations while answering as little as possible. There would also be actual room for debate because they couldn't be whipped, and if they change their mind on an issue they'd be obligated to explain the reasoning.

I know this will never happen though because for generations, both Grits and Tories have found success by misleading voters, each in their usual way.