We had a close call at the Carney/Poilièvre first round and I hope Poilièvre never gets this close to power again. Letting him stay as opposition leader with a Carney majority is the surest way we will have a functioning government. I’m glad you wrote this article. I had read “The Poilièvre Project” by Martin Lukacs so I knew what he was like. Framing it differently still confirms why he can’t change….simply cannot…..
Both the 'Goon' and 'Ripper' analogies fit PP. It takes time to come to the realization that this politician represents someone devoid of Canuck Common Sense. In the same way that it takes time to realize that Trump represents the worst of America. We need to have people that, at least, are striving to uncover our better angels; not take people into the depths of depravity. History tells us what happens.
Mr. Fowler, that is a very good way to put it. I too think Poilievre would be the tail trying to wag the dog as the dog chases its tail if he had been elected Prime Minister. And unfortunately, when the US Trumpists would get bored of watching the dog go in circles to please them, they would have kick it to death or Kristi Noem’d it.
Sadly, Poilievre doesn’t understand that part or much outside of his own ideological cage. The ripper analogy is a perfect summation of that sort of politician. I can think of a few others who fit that moniker: Newt Gingrich, Mitch McConnell, Greg Abbott, Stephen Harper. They always bent their knees to the more powerful.
I include Harper because under his leadership, allot of Canadian intellectual property was sold off to US corporations, the Canadian Armed Forces were run almost into the ground, and the economy staggered from near recession to full recession and back again. The whole time, Harper’s only guidance was purely ideological. He was never acting a long term plan to build towards.
I still recall when politicians had to craft election platforms with policy planks. At least then it showed that they had some plans being worked on if only at election time.
Poilieripper. Yeah, it makes exquisite sense. Perfect dive into the Stornoway squatter.
🇨🇦CBC and Pp have similar behaviour patterns. Rosie O’Donnell treats him like a cousin. 😏
We had a close call at the Carney/Poilièvre first round and I hope Poilièvre never gets this close to power again. Letting him stay as opposition leader with a Carney majority is the surest way we will have a functioning government. I’m glad you wrote this article. I had read “The Poilièvre Project” by Martin Lukacs so I knew what he was like. Framing it differently still confirms why he can’t change….simply cannot…..
Thank you for you comment
Both the 'Goon' and 'Ripper' analogies fit PP. It takes time to come to the realization that this politician represents someone devoid of Canuck Common Sense. In the same way that it takes time to realize that Trump represents the worst of America. We need to have people that, at least, are striving to uncover our better angels; not take people into the depths of depravity. History tells us what happens.
You left it to the concluding paragraphs to define the purpose of the “war”.
Let me pose this then. Should Pollievre ever get power does he then enter into his own circular thesis antithesis synthesis argument?
Mr. Fowler, that is a very good way to put it. I too think Poilievre would be the tail trying to wag the dog as the dog chases its tail if he had been elected Prime Minister. And unfortunately, when the US Trumpists would get bored of watching the dog go in circles to please them, they would have kick it to death or Kristi Noem’d it.
Sadly, Poilievre doesn’t understand that part or much outside of his own ideological cage. The ripper analogy is a perfect summation of that sort of politician. I can think of a few others who fit that moniker: Newt Gingrich, Mitch McConnell, Greg Abbott, Stephen Harper. They always bent their knees to the more powerful.
I include Harper because under his leadership, allot of Canadian intellectual property was sold off to US corporations, the Canadian Armed Forces were run almost into the ground, and the economy staggered from near recession to full recession and back again. The whole time, Harper’s only guidance was purely ideological. He was never acting a long term plan to build towards.
I still recall when politicians had to craft election platforms with policy planks. At least then it showed that they had some plans being worked on if only at election time.
Poilievre follows the rule "Politicians are rarely the smart ones in the room". Carney is an exception.
Foreign. Assets. Criminal. Syndicate.
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