The argument can be made that dumping Erin O’Toole as leader was the conservative caucus’ first mistake. That is now water under the bridge. The situation was best described the other day in an editorial cartoon in the Toronto Star. It showed interim conservative leader Candice Bergen swatting MP Pierre Poilievre upside the head and saying: “You idiot! We’re supposed to be the law and order (sic) party!”
Poilievre might be the first candidate in the running for the coming conservative leadership contest but also might be the first out. He is unlikely to have endeared himself to the voters in his Ottawa area electoral district. His brazen welcoming of the Freedom Convoy to Ottawa must have shocked many of his voters. I would be delighted to come to the riding next election to help whomever is the most likely left-of-centre candidate to defeat him.
Pierre Poilievre represents all that is wrong with politics today. He does not stand for truth. He does not stand for fairness. He fails to represent the Canadians in his riding with dignity and honour. I think of him as a worm who has wiggled his way into politics through guile and divisiveness. He dishonours the great parliamentarians who went before him.
Ask yourself why the “Freedom” convoy have been so bent on denouncing and removing our prime minister? If those really were concerned truckers, they would know why there have been problems for the supply chain. And Poilievre is not that stupid. He knows that Justin Trudeau is hardly to blame for the serious inflation problems the entire world is facing.
Justin Trudeau did his best to try to mitigate the effects of the pandemic on working Canadians. While provinces—on the advice of their health authorities—asked Canadians to lock-down and limit contact. It led to confusion and stress across the country.
But you can hardly blame either the prime minister or the provincial premiers for the problems of the pandemic. They all contributed. They did their best. Mr. Poilievre did not help.
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