Canada’s recent federal election did not deliver what conservatives wanted. But after the obligatory post-mortems and doomsaying, what is most needed now is a look to the future. Conservatives can still work for a better Canada, one stronger and more prosperous, and over the next few weeks C2C Journal will present clear-eyed assessments by top authors of the issues that will drive Canada in the years ahead – the economy, citizenship, the federal structure, Alberta’s place within North America, and other important areas. In our series opener, Brock Eldon provides a young expatriate’s perspective on how Canada has changed, the opportunities Pierre Poilievre’s Conservatives missed in speaking to our discontents, and what sort of leadership the country needs to move ahead.