Stuff like this and the “base” he has created give off pretty harsh trump vibes. Here is a link confirming for those wanting one. Sorry I did not include it originally. https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.712106
What the actual fuck? I didnt know he’d said that. Isnt this the quiet part out loud.
Conservatives do that quite regularly.
Problem is that people often don’t listen.
Yeah. A lot of Canadians hold suuuper regressive views about indigenous people. Try driving through or stopping for gas in a reserve with friends or family sometime and see how the react.
Because way, waaaaaay more will react, and react poorly, than you’re probably prepared for.
We’ve gotten to the rate of progress where even a normal conservative backbencher from 20 years ago will have said stuff that’s now extremely dated. 20 years as an MP is right around what you need to rise to leader the normal way, I think.
Edit: To be clear, I think this is good. If you don’t want to be painted a bad way by history try being on the right side of it.
Yes. That’s the plan.
He says he was wrong, the centrist media says “Well, that’s all fine and good then, he’s certainly prime minister material and no mistake!”.
Meanwhile, the fascist dogwhistle was already blown.
It happened 15 years ago. Nobody would have even remembered it happening at all if this CPC ad wasn’t posted to remind us.
Why are we allowing political ads?
June 12th, 2008. The original doesn’t state which day in June he said the remarks originally, but mathematically we can determine the recant was said no more than 12 days later.
This dude doesn’t look like he’s worked a day in his life. Kind of good to know the conservative wormy look doesn’t know borders though.
I’m usually reluctant to judge a person I’ve never heard of before based on one quote with no context. Regardless, I’m pretty comfortable saying that this guy can go fuck himself.
Unfortunately it seems likely. I don’t think Trudeau should run again, he has lost any charm he once might have had with many voters and has too much baggage. Liberals are doomed if he runs, but they might have a chance with a fresh face.
LoL “hard work”. He doesn’t even know what “hard work” is, that little bitch.
For those who don’t know, he’s never had a full time job outside of politics, he’s as far as someone can be from an everyday normal guy. Born in 1979, he’s got a BA in international relations and got elected at the age of 25 after 9 years of involvement in politics in one way or another. He’s been undefeated in his riding every since.
That means that at the age of 25, PP was making 141k/year and started receiving a parliamentary role bonus in 2006 when he became parliamentary secretary of the president of the Treasury board and has received one at all times ever since.
This man pretends to talk for blue collars and the poor, he’s worth multiple millions, doesn’t live in his own house that’s 25 minutes away from the parliament because he’s allowed to live in the official residence of the leader of the opposition… That’s 15 minutes closer…
This guy has been living off Canadians’ taxes for half of his life.
And the thing is, I know his wife. She’s actually really nice. She’s had a really tough life early on and nearly became homeless in high school. She had to work so hard to get through. She was lucky enough to get a higher education have the opportunity work at the Parliament.
I really don’t understand how she and him got together. I really didn’t expect her values to match with his. It’s incomprehensible.
I can’t even imagine what earning double a living wage would have done to my psyche in my twenties. I’m middle aged and just now finding stability - and let me tell you, it wasn’t because I kept working hard. If I’d just kept working hard, I’d still be poor.
At 25 he was making double the median FAMILY income at the time!
“Yesterday on a day when the House and all Canadians were celebrating a new beginning, I made remarks that were hurtful and wrong,” Poilievre said.
Buddy, it was more than just that day… lol
