I guess I must resign myself to the fact that we will be stuck with one of them.

— Albert Baker, Castlegar, British Columbia

Meaningless mudslinging

When an election campaign focuses more on which party leader is the least ethical, you know you are in for an uninspiring campaign.

When a campaign focuses on which side can fling the most sticky mud, it really takes away from any examination of which party’s vision is best for the country.

When the focus of the campaign is to demonstrate that the opposing party is filled with prevaricators, racists, misogynists or homophobes, it really makes me wonder what any of the parties actually stand for.

It is very much like none of the parties is speaking to me anymore.

— Ian Geddes, Toronto

This campaign has been disgraceful. A lot juveniles who have not matured beyond the argument of “whatever their opponent plans to do is wrong!” Leave me to judge what your opponents propose. Use what time you have to persuade me to give you my vote. Tell me what you propose to do for my benefit and for the country’s benefit.

— David French, Ajax, Ontario

I have definitely not been inspired by the election campaign, but I also have not been discouraged by it. I have been appalled by the quality and the style of the discourse that has taken on a very divisive, derisive and exaggerated tone, not unlike what we have come to expect from President Trump’s America.

— Carol Jessop, Montreal

On strategic voting

This was my first opportunity to vote in federal elections in Canada, as I became a Canadian in July 2016.