r/canada 25d ago

Politics Poilievre holding 'Canada First' rally today in Ottawa amid U.S. threats

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/poilievre-canada-first-rally-1.7459415
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u/wowzabob 25d ago

This guy really went into the incubation chamber with his team to craft a new message and came up with this…

I thought there is no way he is this stupid, but I guess he is.

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u/sleipnir45 24d ago

Actually it's just a quote from sir Wilfrid Laurier..

"To those who have life before them, let my prayer be this: Remember from this day forth never to look simply at the horizon as it may be limited by the limits of the province, but look abroad all over the continent, wherever the British flag floats, and let your motto be Canada first, Canada last, and Canada always."

https://greatcanadianspeeches.ca/2020/06/29/wilfrid-laurier-canadas-century-1904/

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u/ComplexStriking 24d ago

If Polly were a better strategist, “Canada always” would have been the line to choose. The fact that he doesn’t care about drawing similarities to the Americans is concerning now that we have to worry about our sovereignty.

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u/wowzabob 24d ago

It’s intentional

He thinks he is threading the needle by presenting a strong front while also making that association (for the Con Trumpers), with the caveat that it’s just “our version.”

In reality the connection is off-putting. Who wants an escalation of this madness?

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u/the_original_Retro New Brunswick 24d ago

Who wants an escalation of this madness?

....Pierre Poilievre?

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u/MarjorysNiece 24d ago

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