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Isn’t it time our prime minister put aside his favourite glib sound bite about how Canada can and must do better?

After all, he’s been in charge for over two years, so he’s had ample time to deliver concrete results, instead of playing this moral compass card, seeking some clear path for the diseased ship of state Justin Trudeau constantly derides this country to be.

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Of course, that would entail tough choices and hard work, so it is understandable, if not forgivable, that he and his ministers prefer the heart on the sleeve, tears in the eyes morality approach, consisting of endless lectures inflicted upon us.

The latest version of the “Canada must and can do better” refrain comes in the aftermath of the trial involving 56-year-old Saskatchewan farmer Gerald Stanley, who was acquitted of second degree murder by a jury after shooting and killing Colten Boushie from close range after the 22-year-old Indigenous man drove onto his property in a stolen car, along with a handful of buddies.