In this election, Canadians should take a moment to ask themselves which federal leader, party, and candidate is offering the most balanced approach to public issues, Preston Manning says. In a recent op-ed in C2C Journal, the founder of the Reform Party said Canadians generally opt for balanced over extreme measures in resolving public issues. He said this raises the question of “whether there might be a more balanced approach” than that offered by the Trudeau government for managing issues such as the post-COVID-19 economic recovery, environmental protection, and health-care reform. On the issue of balance between the economy and environment, for example, Manning said environmental assessments of major development projects are needed, but economic impact assessments should also be done simultaneously to gauge the negative economic effects of measures such as introducing carbon pricing schemes or joining the Paris Accord. “We are in grave danger of simply oscillating between …