Robert Borden, a Conservative, was the Prime Minister when we proved our nationhood in time of war, and claimed our independent place in the family of nations. Decades later, a Progressive Conservative government negotiated new environmental treaties, and helped ensure that the response to Iraq's aggression was in the context of the United Nations. It was Conservatives who founded the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, and the Bank of Canada. This is the party that adopted the Bill of Rights, and appointed Ellen Fairclough as the first woman Cabinet minister in Canadian history, Michael Starr as the first Ukrainian Canadian, and Lincoln Alexander as the first member of a visible minority to sit in Cabinet. It was a Progressive Conservative government that pressed the world to end apartheid in South Africa.
Standing still means falling behind.
Canadians voted for the Liberals by default. Too many Canadians inspected the alternatives on the ballot and simply voted for None of the Above. Unfortunately, that included us. We may have won the campaign but we lost this election. We were not taken seriously enough early enough, to win the seats that were within our grasp.