One of the issues covered in the article probably defines what is happening in Canada, that of the very rude dismissal of someone who is not on the same page as the Liberals. The more this persists the more the notion of the liberal elite becomes ingrained and it becomes just that much harder to counter it. The was a time when people just went out and voted , and then got on with their lives. People often didn't care much one way or another how you voted. No anymore. People don't talk to long time neighbours now, simply because they had a lawn sign , that was the opposite of who they supported. Politics for some has become the new religion, with the same divides. Throughout much of our history there was great divide between Catholics and Protestants, and through time this faded into the background. Now it's  politics, and the animosity towards those with different political beliefs is as bad or worse then the days of religious conflicts.