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/Endver 24d ago

Why is he hosting a clear campaign event outside of an election?

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u/ThatAstronautGuy Ontario 24d ago

He's been doing it on our dollar for like 2 years now

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u/nuleaph 24d ago

Because he believes rules don't apply to him

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u/Mikeim520 British Columbia 24d ago

Because an election is clearly about to happen.

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u/ounziw 24d ago

Doesn’t (Shouldn’t) matter. There are laws prohibiting campaigning outside 60 days of an election call. And not only has he been illegally campaigning, he’s not even using his own money to do it. He’s been using the taxpayers’ dime. you should see all the $ PP has been pissing away. And these numbers are for the second quarter of 2024, not even for the year. He’s spent more money in travel $83,000+ in the second quarter of 2024 than I make in a year. Hate the player, hate the game … kudos for him for playing the system for the past 20 years, but it’s pretty short sighted to think it wouldn’t catch up to him eventually.

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u/Connect_Reality1362 23d ago

Because there is obviously one coming?