The government will never work towards your wellbeing when they can accrue power or maintain control. Given the choice between making things better for people and staying in charge, you know what they'll focus on. After all, "How can I fix things if I'm not directing our goals and resources?".
I'm starting to think, more and more, that leading the country should be a short term thing, performed by a larger pool of people. Maybe a random selection process, among people meeting a specific standard (a level of education or experience), and those selected get a turn for a short time while determining what needs to be worked on, and focus is placed on responsibility and accountability rather than popularity and largesse. If results were what mattered, Trudeau would've been bounced out on his ass a year or 3 in.