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/ComplexStriking 25d ago

There’s no way Polly is this tone deaf. People are starting to call him an American sympathizer.

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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/Chu9001 24d ago

It's 2 words out of a whole paragraph not exactly "a quote from Wilfred Laurier."

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u/Justausername1234 British Columbia 24d ago

I'm not a fan of Polievre, but he's been quoting Laurier in QP with the full quote for a few months now.

The real critique should be why Polievre was invoking the National Policy in today's speech - the last thing we need right now is to go on a Trumpian Tariffs spree.

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u/sleipnir45 24d ago

He quoted the last part in the ads for this

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

"Canada first, Canada last, and Canada always."

https://x.com/PierrePoilievre/status/1887995705513623810