Pierre Poilievre, the class tourist who didn't read the guidebook

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Pierre Poilievre, the class tourist who didn’t read the guidebook

SHANNON PROUDFOOT
OTTAWA
PUBLISHED AUGUST 11, 2023
UPDATED AUGUST 13, 2023

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-pierre-poilievre-the-class-tourist-who-didnt-read-the-guidebook/

"SNIP..........

(Poilievre) "That’s what it’s like to be out with the people, in the rain, attending their festivals, listening to their stories, hearing their dreams.”

If I know anything about the working class, it’s that they constantly refer to themselves, in the manner of a particularly cringey museum exhibit, as “common people” who delight in primitive “festivals.” And they absolutely view dirty boots as something to preen about, like an especially successful Halloween costume.

But the bigger problem with Mr. Poilievre’s class tourism is this: He has grasped a real thing that is simmering just below a boil. Too many people feel like they can’t afford any sort of reasonable life or even pin the hopes of such a thing to their children. And many people – some included in the group above, some not – feel ignored, maligned and scolded by the current federal government.

But in seizing on those feelings without an evident shred of real empathy, perspective or authenticity, Mr. Poilievre seems to see them as smouldering embers of resentment to be fanned for his own purposes, rather than a set of real problems in need of solving.


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[Bev54]

1. Have you seen his new commercial? As soon as Justin and Sophie announced their

separation, he comes out with and new ad with he and his wife and small kids at the park, like he is the family man, not Trudeau. He is such a bloody phoney.

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2. I know. Sophie was a great asset but it is better that they divorce

if they are not happy. I'm sure many Canadians can relate. It is a loss for the whole family. Poilievre is a ghoul and he acts like one.

[Alexander Of Assyria]

3. Trump lite won't fly in Canada...hate speech laws, truthy media, no gerrymandering, no fox, NDP.

No military holy cow, no fascist Supreme Court, robust gun control, no endless campaigns, campaign cash control, no constitutional idiot sheriffs With Guns and Attitude, …the list of not America goes on and on…Not to mention universal medical care and many public utilities have convinced majority that democratic socialism is ok.

Jealous much? It’s ok! Look and learn and adopt.

[BlueWavePsych]

4. Pierre Poilievre is a tRumpette