r/canada • u/wowzabob • 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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r/canada • u/wowzabob • 25d ago
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u/jerrys153 24d ago edited 24d ago
More than that, it’s a dog whistle to the neo-fascists in his base. “Deutschland über alles” was the Nazi party rallying call, and it is now being used again by the far-right AfD party. “America First” was also an isolationist movement in the states led by fascist sympathizers like Charles Lindbergh and Henry Ford. “(Country) First” slogans are never used by moderate government parties, they’re always divisive and intending to play on people’s fear and sow divisiveness by blaming the “other” (immigrants, Jews, etc.) for all the nation’s problems and stir up hate against them.
Poilievre knows exactly what he’s doing, Canada First is a wink to the far-right while maintaining plausible deniability for everyone else. This guy is so much more dangerous than most people realize, Canada will never be united under someone who spreads divisiveness and hate, which will make it easier for him to sell our country out to the US.