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Stuff like this and the "base" he has created give off pretty harsh trump vibes. Here is a link confirming for those wanting one. Sorry I did not include it originally. https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.712106
"Yesterday on a day when the House and all Canadians were celebrating a new beginning, I made remarks that were hurtful and wrong," Poilievre said.
Buddy, it was more than just that day... lol
Iโm usually reluctant to judge a person Iโve never heard of before based on one quote with no context. Regardless, Iโm pretty comfortable saying that this guy can go fuck himself.
I don't no anything about him but fuck him in the eyes until he's blind. I'm tired of racist pos getting to open their mouths and not have any consequences.
LoL "hard work". He doesn't even know what "hard work" is, that little bitch.
For those who don't know, he's never had a full time job outside of politics, he's as far as someone can be from an everyday normal guy. Born in 1979, he's got a BA in international relations and got elected at the age of 25 after 9 years of involvement in politics in one way or another. He's been undefeated in his riding every since.
That means that at the age of 25, PP was making 141k/year and started receiving a parliamentary role bonus in 2006 when he became parliamentary secretary of the president of the Treasury board and has received one at all times ever since.
This man pretends to talk for blue collars and the poor, he's worth multiple millions, doesn't live in his own house that's 25 minutes away from the parliament because he's allowed to live in the official residence of the leader of the opposition... That's 15 minutes closer...
This guy has been living off Canadians' taxes for half of his life.
I can't even imagine what earning double a living wage would have done to my psyche in my twenties. I'm middle aged and just now finding stability - and let me tell you, it wasn't because I kept working hard. If I'd just kept working hard, I'd still be poor.
Thatโs the problem with the value of hard work - itโs hardly ever decided by the one working. People who are struggling or have struggled know that first hand. The value of hard work is the value of being held hostage.
And the thing is, I know his wife. She's actually really nice. She's had a really tough life early on and nearly became homeless in high school. She had to work so hard to get through. She was lucky enough to get a higher education have the opportunity work at the Parliament.
I really don't understand how she and him got together. I really didn't expect her values to match with his. It's incomprehensible.
Kinky power exchange shit, probably.
Rick Mercer made a rant about how he has a parliamentary pension at 31 years old.
It's also ridiculous that there is an idea among the white ruling class that Indigenous peoples merely need financial compensation for genocide. How do you compensate for that? They need decolonisation, namely ending of discrimination, recognition of their rights and sovereignty as Indigenous peoples, and work to repair the long-lasting damage that was done, such as the massive issues with mental health, addiction, crime and abuse within Indigenous communities that arose as a direct result of residential schools. Things that require deep rooted changes to society and will take generations, not just an apology and some hush money before never bringing it up again.
Fuck that work ethic bullshit. Let's live like cats.
Here is the non-AMP version of the link from OP's submission:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/conservative-mp-apologizes-for-hurtful-comments-on-aboriginal-people-1.712106
You don't even need to go that far, just chopping out the amp part works: https://www.cbc.ca/1.712106
I like the full slug, but I appreciate your short link
The full link is better, but it's much easier to just chop up the link you have.
What the actual fuck? I didnt know he'd said that. Isnt this the quiet part out loud.
He's said a lot of awful things. He's hung out with fascists and Nazi's. He's literally the bottom of the barrel. During the pandemic he pretty much said that the cerb was bad and Conservatives would never do that as Conservatives don't help people.
Conservatives do that quite regularly.
Problem is that people often don't listen.
Even worse many agree
Yeah. A lot of Canadians hold suuuper regressive views about indigenous people. Try driving through or stopping for gas in a reserve with friends or family sometime and see how the react.
Because way, waaaaaay more will react, and react poorly, than you're probably prepared for.
This dude doesn't look like he's worked a day in his life. Kind of good to know the conservative wormy look doesn't know borders though.
This dude entered politics right from college.
Thanks for the insight. I'm just a dumb American. Apparently a lazy one according to this shit heel.
And sounds like he never left...
20 years in Parliament with zero legislative achievements. He's a pure chaos operative.
June, 2008? Wtf man heโs had lots of time to grow up and change his views. Look at him. Heโs a baby.
But anyway, I hope he doesnโt become PM regardless. He still seems like a shit.
heโs had lots of time to grow up and change his views.
Okay, this can easily be resolved by him expressing his changed views.
Expressing and demonstrating that his views have changed for the better.
DeSantis of the north. Good to see you in the Lemmys, Ulrich ๐
Thank you. It is a sentiment not shared by all. :)
You don't need a PhD in political science to see Poilievre has been riding the Trump wave north of the border for the last 5-6 years.
Even if you accept their conceit aren't the First Nation's people entitled to compensation for all the other forms of genocide the Canadian government engaged in?
Serious question: what actually is the value of hard work?
@doleo @Ulrich_the_Old
It is a concept that supposedly is needed in order for us to succeed. As a concept, it is used to bury the fact that many of our โsuccessfulโ citizens (read rich) actually inherited their monies or โknew someoneโ. It is also used to explain povertyโฆ. That is, if you are not successful, it is your own fault because you did not work hard enough.
Haha what the fuck? I had no idea Canada had politicians like that.
Everywhere has politicians like that.
This is conservatism. This is humanity's default tribal loyalism, as a theory-of-everything.
Believe me, it hurts having brothers that are starting to think that that guy is making sense and should be elected...
Angry Millhouse.
Dang! He sounds like one of ours.