Is it better to have a leader of the conservative party who squints at you rather than continue to wear corrective lenses? This has been a puzzle. Why would you want a man who is so obviously uncomfortable with children to have them appear in commercials with him? What is the point? In many years of working with politicians I have never seen such foolishness. What is best for any politician is to encourage them in the positives and to discourage the negatives.
Why lie? Watching Pierre Poilievre in recent years has been an interesting lesson in what politicians should not be: They should not be phoney. From the time during the pandemic and the parliamentary hearings had MP’s attending through Zoom at home, Poilievre had the whole megillah of staging on his home scene. While some politicians did not think it was bad to look like they lived in a tenement somewhere, Poilievre was always in his blue suit with white starched shirt and tie. The scene was properly lit and the background looked studious with false bookcases.
The clear message in these pretentions was that he considered himself important and we were seeing a false image. And it was when you listened to what he was saying, you got the clear impression that he was choosing his slander carefully. You were supposed to be in agreement with his sneering at other politicos and in agreement with his supposedly superior positions.
Like in the vindictive slogans of Donald Trump in the U.S. such as his “Lock Her Up” for his opponent Hilary Clinton. You never really knew why she should be locked up. Nobody ever proved she did anything wrong.
It seems to be the same for Poilievre’s “Axe the Tax.” The carbon tax, he is talking about is actually not a tax. It is a levy on high greenhouse gas emissions that are collected from industry and returned to Canadians, in entirety, in the form of a rebate to Canadian families, small businesses, farmers, and aboriginal groups.
But do not bother Pierre Poilievre with the facts. Poilievre thinks he is smarter than the people who are concerned about global warming. He doesn’t seem to believe that global warming is a problem. I doubt many educated Canadians will vote for him.
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