Following the news of Justin Trudeau's abandonment of his campaign promise to bring electoral reform to the country, the PC party's stating it's wise he did what they recommended. That's from Portage-Lisgar MP Candice Bergen.

"It was quite astounding to see the Liberals reverse some of their position on which they campaigned regarding electoral reform. They said that 2015 would be the last 'first past the post' election. From the get-go it was clear they didn't have a real plan."

Bergen explains that promise was doomed for failure for many reasons, including Trudeau's installation of an inexperienced minister in the portfolio. She says her party always held the position such a change cannot occur without a referendum, adding the Liberals spent a lot of taxpayers' money as they publicized that effort.

"In the end, I think what happened is that the Liberals realized they would lose the referendum," she continues. "If they asked the question, they wouldn't get the answer they wanted. It's quite baffling to see how they just reversed their position. I think parking this issue is in the best interest of Canadians seeing that Canadians right now are not consumed with the idea of electoral reform. They're concerned about the economy, jobs and I think they're fairly happy with the way our electoral system works," she explains. "I am seeing a pattern with this prime minister. He will say whatever he needs to say to get elected, and then he breaks his promise. I thought that was the most telling with his reversal on electoral reform."

Bergen recounts her mail-out to the people of her riding in Portage-Lisgar, noting she wanted to know what her riding felt. Did we feel Canada needed a referendum, or should the government just change the way MPs were elected? She says the response was overwhelmingly in favour of a referendum.

"If the government was going to make changes, the Canadian public needed to have an input," Bergen notes. "I think most people in the riding will be relieved this is on the shelf, and the Liberals won't be moving ahead with this. The NDP were very upset with this. We were upset in terms of wanting to see this prime minister keep his word. Whether it's things like balancing the budget, ethics, or the massive deficit they've incurred, there are so many broken promises the Liberals have made. And we're seeing just another broken promise."

Bergen adds she heard Trudeau and his minister yesterday and thought it was interesting how they almost repeated the things the Conservatives have been saying for the last year and a half -- that you need to listen to Canadians, and there has to be a buy-in from Canadians. Bergen says after it's said and done it is what it is, and everyone now needs to focus on things that matter.

"It's the economy and how we're going to stay competitive in light of changes south of the border," says Bergen.