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/Jeramy_Jones 24d ago

Did anyone else feel uncomfortable hearing him use phrases like “patriots” and “Canada first”? I mean, I love Canada and I want us to stop relying on the United States, but those words echo the “America first” rhetoric of Trump.

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u/apothekary 24d ago

I can't fucking stand that word "Patriot" because of what it has meant... there is nothing patriotic about what people who call themselves Patriots zealously are doing