Canada's crucial election

Today Canadians face the most consequential election in our nation's history.  In this election, we will choose which direction this country is headed.  The biggest issue is confronting Donald Trump.  The unstable U.S. leader wants to break us.  He challenges our sovereignty.  He repeatedly says that he wants us to be the 51st state.  He wants our natural resources.  He is not joking.  He means what he says.

Pierre Poilievre, leader of the Conservative Party of Canada is not the answer.  He could never really stand up to Trump, because the two are cut from the same cloth.  If Poilievre were a beer, he'd be "Trump Lite." He has only distanced himself from Trump because of Trump's tariff threats.  However, Poilievre is far more right wing than Joe Clark and Robert Stanfield.  He and Stephen Harper have made sure that there is no "progressive" remaining in the name of the party.  The Progressive Conservative Party of Canada has truly become The Conservative Party of Canada.

Poilievre has spent a lot of time and money telling Canadians that Canada is broken.  Isn't that reminiscent of the way Trump's claim that only he could fix America?  Poilievre will do noting to combat climate change.  In fact, he talked about getting rid of paper straws  and bringing back plastic straws.  Doesn't that echo Trump's attitude toward the environment?

Poilievre wants to cut government spending drastically.  He wants to cut taxes.  He will cut much-needed social programs to pay for his tax cuts.

Poilievre claims that he will be tough on crime.  At the same time he sparks fears.  Yes, the public must be protected, but the answer is not so one-sided.  It's not either/or.  We must also deal with the social problems that contribute to crime.  Dealing with root causes won't put an end to crime, but it will help.  Spending money on building more jails, as has been done in the U.S., will not solve things either.

Poilievre

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre’s lack of explicit condemnation of far-right individuals and groups is a silence that speaks volumes about his willingness to court voters with more extremist views, according to those who study extremist movements.

And as incidents continue to mount in which Poilievre is photographed rubbing shoulders with people openly supporting far-right causes, questions will continue to mount about how open the Conservative leader is to more polarizing ideologies, they say.

Teresa Wright

iPolitics

April 29, 2024

Here is a headline from CBC news - January 9. 2025

Elon Musk praises Poilievre, mocks Trudeau as he steps into Canadian politics

"Poilievre is simply dialed into the truth behind the anti-human globalist agenda,” 

- Far-right U.S. conspiracy theorist Alex Jones.  

Jones is best known for losing a $1 billion defamation lawsuit brought by the families of the Sandy Hook school shooting.  He has also described Poilievre as "the real deal." 

Dennis Prager, a conservative commentator, notorious for once lamenting that "the Left has made it impossible to say the N-word, praised Poilievre in an episode of Dennis Prager Podcasts.  

“He’s a good-looking guy, I hope he becomes Emperor of Canada."

- Dennis Prager praising Pierre Poilivre.

Note;  I encourage everyone to vote and to embrace democracy.  I have already voted in advance polling.  

- Joanne