Good perception from Down Under Margaret. PP’s missing his critical thinking skills, he’s a know-nothing crybaby (his only job as an adult has been as an MP & has nothing to show for it).
Yes, Mr. Poilievre’s advisors are somewhat incompetent and I hope they stay that way. Compared to the apparent dangerous utterances of Pauline Hanson, he is harmless.
I hope for your sake Ms. Hanson departs from politics.
Think perhaps it’s past time Pierre started going to pm.gc.ca, requesting to be placed on the list to receive the Prime Minister’s daily schedule and readouts. If he wasn’t to lazy to actually read them, he would not be continually totally embarrassing himself with his daily propaganda. Just saying. Go for it Pierre! 🇨🇦
Little PP is such a bitter negative weenie. One day he compared Mark Carney to George Costanza, the next day he's proclaiming with his great insight that Canada and the USA should really strive towards a tariff free trade agreement......really, should we Pierre? Please suggest that to Mark Carney. Your guidance will prove to be invaluable.
pp’s modus operandi 😂 and he (as per usual) is tickled pink with his insight and catchy rage baiting phrases. All functioning government’s need an opposition party, one that actually has an interest in the facts- oppose them if needed ! The world is watching pp- feeling sorry PM Carney has to listen to your moronic statements.
Sorry Fred- went on a tangent 🫤
Thank you for the excellent research and giving us the facts🤗
Sorry, Fred, but Pierre’s little Seinfeld speech was not intended for you. You tend to check facts and obviously possess strong critical thinking skills. I’d guess that a lot of Pierre’s followers don’t possess either attribute in very much abundance.
Thank you Fred, the fact check work is so important with all these divisive messages out there. Media constantly calls it "inaccurate" - I call it lying. I appreciate your research here, the facts are fairly impressive and likely more to come, we don't need to pad it or conflate.
My takeaway from your detailed and fact-checked article, Fred, concludes with the same point over and over. PP is clearly out of his depth and is without a doubt not PM material. He keeps repeating the same tiresome cheap shots over and over. The CPC will never achieve power with such a mean-spirited, ill-informed leader at the helm. And as I've repeated over and over, Canadians sure dodged a bullet in the last federal election.
I’m sick and tired of PP pretending to be our official opposition on our political stage. Make an argument about the new bill that wants to steal away union right to strike!!
Great and detailed article! The trouble that has no correction is that PP is the one doing “nothing” useful: He has only complaints and his complaints are not even specific and based in fact, they are sour grapes slogans.
Let’s be honest here. The man lost his seat in the last election. The conservative party had no one else they thought was as good to lead them (and that in itself is a very telling fact) so they finagled another conservative member in a safely conservative writing in Alberta, to step down and allow PP to run as the conservative member in a by election.
Prime Minister, Mark Carney could have avoided calling that by election for quite a while, forcing the Poilievre family to move out of their taxpayer paid home in Ottawa, Stornoway. He graciously did not.
The by-election, which was never in any contest returned PP a seat and allowed him to retain conservative leadership. That is about the sum total of the useful things the man has done in the last two years. It’s debateable actually if any of that was his doing or if he simply trailed on the coattails of conservative party management.
So I would imagine that he feels aggrieved, jealous, and frustrated. He does not seem to realize yet he is also incompetent. If others in his party do, they do not seem to have made any efforts to find a better replacement. The trouble with ignorance and incompetence is that those suffering from it rarely realize their malady.
This explains PP’s strategy: All he has are criticisms, delivered in the form of slogans without factual data. His following has been reduced from a reasonable share of the Canadian population, which used to represent a decent share of the vote in Canada’s three party system, to a bare minimum of fringe outliers, manipulated maga sympathizers, and perhaps some who are instruments of US agenda money.
If you dig into the history of the three Prairie provinces, particularly Alberta and Saskatchewan, there is a history going back at least 100 years, of US influence in provincial politics, including racist and economic pressures. (I believe this is readily available, historical knowledge.)
What Canada needs, and what any democracy needs, is a credible opposition party. The NDP is certainly not at its most organized or vibrant, currently. If Jack Layton were alive today, the NDP might present credible and constructive main opposition party, as the liberals have moved toward a balanced center.
If Brian Mulroney, Joe Clark, or Robert Stanfield, all respected former conservative leaders, were leading the party today, I have no doubt that they would operate in a bipartisan manner, supporting the moves that are helping Canada maintain it sovereignty and grow its economic independent future! Their role would be to demand answers to specific relevant questions, and help shape policy through engagement and debate with the actual work being done.
The job of all parties in Canada has always been to represent Canada first, and the good of the Canadian people. The job of an opposition government is not to try to tear down everything the government in office does; it is to anticipate problems, present, alternative solutions, and ensure that the decisions made have received enough expert consideration before being implemented.
We have always been proud in Canada, NOT to replicate the American system, in which the twoparties seem to define the identity of individuals, and it always appears to be a zero-sum game. This has allowed us generally, to remain polite, professional, and cooperative in federal politics.
The current conservatives clearly do not know their job.
Carrick, I thank you for taking the time to formulate such a well-reasoned analysis of today's so-called "His Majesty's Loyal Opposition" party. The CPC doesn't even come close to this traditional definition.
Your comment about Robert Stanfield brought back fond memories for me. I never voted for him since, at that time, I was a staunch Tommy Douglas supporter. However, in retrospect, he was "the best prime minister we never had." He would have served the people of Canada well, in my view.
The current CPC is a far cry from the old Progressive Conservative party! My impression is that the CPC presently consists of a relatively large number of Maple MAGA MPs and supporters. Regardless of what some of them occasionally say in support of Canada, these statements, to me, seem hollow and unauthentic. PP is a prime example of this.
pop's tired old script... I'd hate to be living in the same country as he does 😵💫
Fortunately, I live in Canada, where inspite of capt Poopy Pants, we're MOVING Forward and over coming biggest problem from within and without..... because WE can!
I'm in Australia so i don't know much about PP but he sounds like a wanker to me.
Good perception from Down Under Margaret. PP’s missing his critical thinking skills, he’s a know-nothing crybaby (his only job as an adult has been as an MP & has nothing to show for it).
He is a baby trump
Yes, Mr. Poilievre’s advisors are somewhat incompetent and I hope they stay that way. Compared to the apparent dangerous utterances of Pauline Hanson, he is harmless.
I hope for your sake Ms. Hanson departs from politics.
Me too 😔 she is bought and paid for by our local toxic billionaire gina rhinehart and stupid but dangerous
A thought - “Idiocy has no nationality”.
You are very astute❣️
Think perhaps it’s past time Pierre started going to pm.gc.ca, requesting to be placed on the list to receive the Prime Minister’s daily schedule and readouts. If he wasn’t to lazy to actually read them, he would not be continually totally embarrassing himself with his daily propaganda. Just saying. Go for it Pierre! 🇨🇦
That’s the part that gets me, Patricia.
So much of this information is public.
You don’t need to take anybody’s word for it... go look.
That’s what I did.
But knowing the facts would hinder his freedom to say the divisive propaganda he and his team dream up- like getting his security clearance would
😂 Facts can be terribly inconvenient when you’ve already got the slogan written, Shelley.
His endless wild erroneous ramblings completely mystify me.
He’s just an empty slob vessel. Shit in, shit out! Only way I can look at it Heather! 🫶🇨🇦
Thanking you all three for the restack! I both appreciate and am honoured by every one! 🫶
Little PP is such a bitter negative weenie. One day he compared Mark Carney to George Costanza, the next day he's proclaiming with his great insight that Canada and the USA should really strive towards a tariff free trade agreement......really, should we Pierre? Please suggest that to Mark Carney. Your guidance will prove to be invaluable.
That tariff-free trade suggestion gave me a chuckle too, Frank.
I think Carney may already have heard of the concept. 😂🇨🇦
More to the point, Canada already HAS ONE with the USA (and Mexico). Trump's just not following it . . . . ;-)
😂 Exactly, Grant.
That was the part that made me laugh.
We already negotiated the tariff-free trade agreement.
Somebody forgot to mention that little detail.
pp’s modus operandi 😂 and he (as per usual) is tickled pink with his insight and catchy rage baiting phrases. All functioning government’s need an opposition party, one that actually has an interest in the facts- oppose them if needed ! The world is watching pp- feeling sorry PM Carney has to listen to your moronic statements.
Sorry Fred- went on a tangent 🫤
Thank you for the excellent research and giving us the facts🤗
No apology needed, Shelley.
And I agree on the important part... Canada needs a strong opposition.
Challenge the government hard.
Just bring facts to the fight.
Sorry, Fred, but Pierre’s little Seinfeld speech was not intended for you. You tend to check facts and obviously possess strong critical thinking skills. I’d guess that a lot of Pierre’s followers don’t possess either attribute in very much abundance.
That’s exactly why I check, Kevin.
Political slogans are easy.
Receipts take a little longer.
😂👍
The investment in Canada’s infrastructure and funding is impressive under Mark Carney’s policies.
Poilievre needs to do a bit of fact-checking before running his mouth off.
Exactly, Deirdre.
Challenge the government all you want... but check the facts first.
That’s all I’m asking.
Thank you Fred, the fact check work is so important with all these divisive messages out there. Media constantly calls it "inaccurate" - I call it lying. I appreciate your research here, the facts are fairly impressive and likely more to come, we don't need to pad it or conflate.
That’s the key for me, Kathy... if the facts are impressive, don’t pad them.
Just put the receipts on the table and let people decide what they mean.
Why does he just keep screaming into the void? He is so irrelevant and his constant screeching lies are starting to show him as stupid and uninformed.
PeePee either lies or spreads partial truths that mean nothing. What a douche.
20 years, a pension and not one whit of service to Canadians. Now that’s a track record!
I’m not even sure Mr. Poilievre has sponsored or brought forward a bill in the House of Commons…
My takeaway from your detailed and fact-checked article, Fred, concludes with the same point over and over. PP is clearly out of his depth and is without a doubt not PM material. He keeps repeating the same tiresome cheap shots over and over. The CPC will never achieve power with such a mean-spirited, ill-informed leader at the helm. And as I've repeated over and over, Canadians sure dodged a bullet in the last federal election.
I’m sick and tired of PP pretending to be our official opposition on our political stage. Make an argument about the new bill that wants to steal away union right to strike!!
Great and detailed article! The trouble that has no correction is that PP is the one doing “nothing” useful: He has only complaints and his complaints are not even specific and based in fact, they are sour grapes slogans.
Let’s be honest here. The man lost his seat in the last election. The conservative party had no one else they thought was as good to lead them (and that in itself is a very telling fact) so they finagled another conservative member in a safely conservative writing in Alberta, to step down and allow PP to run as the conservative member in a by election.
Prime Minister, Mark Carney could have avoided calling that by election for quite a while, forcing the Poilievre family to move out of their taxpayer paid home in Ottawa, Stornoway. He graciously did not.
The by-election, which was never in any contest returned PP a seat and allowed him to retain conservative leadership. That is about the sum total of the useful things the man has done in the last two years. It’s debateable actually if any of that was his doing or if he simply trailed on the coattails of conservative party management.
So I would imagine that he feels aggrieved, jealous, and frustrated. He does not seem to realize yet he is also incompetent. If others in his party do, they do not seem to have made any efforts to find a better replacement. The trouble with ignorance and incompetence is that those suffering from it rarely realize their malady.
This explains PP’s strategy: All he has are criticisms, delivered in the form of slogans without factual data. His following has been reduced from a reasonable share of the Canadian population, which used to represent a decent share of the vote in Canada’s three party system, to a bare minimum of fringe outliers, manipulated maga sympathizers, and perhaps some who are instruments of US agenda money.
If you dig into the history of the three Prairie provinces, particularly Alberta and Saskatchewan, there is a history going back at least 100 years, of US influence in provincial politics, including racist and economic pressures. (I believe this is readily available, historical knowledge.)
What Canada needs, and what any democracy needs, is a credible opposition party. The NDP is certainly not at its most organized or vibrant, currently. If Jack Layton were alive today, the NDP might present credible and constructive main opposition party, as the liberals have moved toward a balanced center.
If Brian Mulroney, Joe Clark, or Robert Stanfield, all respected former conservative leaders, were leading the party today, I have no doubt that they would operate in a bipartisan manner, supporting the moves that are helping Canada maintain it sovereignty and grow its economic independent future! Their role would be to demand answers to specific relevant questions, and help shape policy through engagement and debate with the actual work being done.
The job of all parties in Canada has always been to represent Canada first, and the good of the Canadian people. The job of an opposition government is not to try to tear down everything the government in office does; it is to anticipate problems, present, alternative solutions, and ensure that the decisions made have received enough expert consideration before being implemented.
We have always been proud in Canada, NOT to replicate the American system, in which the twoparties seem to define the identity of individuals, and it always appears to be a zero-sum game. This has allowed us generally, to remain polite, professional, and cooperative in federal politics.
The current conservatives clearly do not know their job.
Carrick, I thank you for taking the time to formulate such a well-reasoned analysis of today's so-called "His Majesty's Loyal Opposition" party. The CPC doesn't even come close to this traditional definition.
Your comment about Robert Stanfield brought back fond memories for me. I never voted for him since, at that time, I was a staunch Tommy Douglas supporter. However, in retrospect, he was "the best prime minister we never had." He would have served the people of Canada well, in my view.
The current CPC is a far cry from the old Progressive Conservative party! My impression is that the CPC presently consists of a relatively large number of Maple MAGA MPs and supporters. Regardless of what some of them occasionally say in support of Canada, these statements, to me, seem hollow and unauthentic. PP is a prime example of this.
Elbows up!
My parents thought the world of Robert Stanfield. If they were here, I believe they would think the world of Mark Carney.
Thank you for taking the time to read my response and to reply.
pop's tired old script... I'd hate to be living in the same country as he does 😵💫
Fortunately, I live in Canada, where inspite of capt Poopy Pants, we're MOVING Forward and over coming biggest problem from within and without..... because WE can!
Poilievre is a twerp.
Poilievre obviously is poison. He needs to be ignored totally.