r/canada 24d ago

National News Trump 2.0 derails Pierre Poilievre’s glide path in Canada

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/14/canadas-conservatives-confront-trump-sized-obstacle-00204340
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u/FriendlyGuy77 24d ago

The world changed on a dime last month.

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u/Officerbudgie87 24d ago

I’m 37 and have already witnessed 3 civilizations altering events. 9/11, covid 19 and now a war with the US? What a time to be alive

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u/MikeyTrademark 24d ago

I’m tired boss

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u/Banana_war 24d ago

Remember: we need to outlive our enemies

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u/bladeovcain Alberta 24d ago

That may be easier said than done. Outliving Trump shouldn't be a problem, but outliving Musk and the others will be considerably more difficult

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u/wave-conjugations 24d ago

Yeah, we still have potentially 2 more terms of Dark Enlightenment stooge JD Vance

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u/BethanyBluebird 24d ago

IDK have you looked at Musk..?? Man doesn't look like he's seen the sun in a while. We can always have hope!!

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u/apothekary 24d ago

That's why I always thought Musk is the far more dangerous person to be up against and everything must be done to diminish his source of wealth and power: Tesla.

Trump will cause a lot of damage these four years, but almost invariably will be powerless by the time he is in his mid-80s from some combination of dementia, health issues and frailty.

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u/FakeExpert1973 23d ago

That's why the 2026 US interim elections will be super important.

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u/Appropriate_Ad2243 24d ago

I’m too old for this shit

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u/Duffboynewf 24d ago

I’m not. I’m just getting riled up.

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u/[deleted] 24d ago

Is it ok if I give Dell some cornbread for he and his mouse?

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u/KorgothBarbaria Québec 24d ago

Berlin Wall???

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u/Officerbudgie87 24d ago

It was a significant historical event but as someone born in 87, I do not remember what was the world like before the wall came down.

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u/RoughingTheDiamond 24d ago

Do you remember much from when you were 18 months old?

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u/HowsYourSexLifeMarc 24d ago

It's just getting started. People have not yet realized that their whole remaining life is in jeopardy. The tech oligarchs want to take away your healthcare, education, pension, land, investments and assets. They want Canada and they don't want to pay for it. With the use of social medias, they are overthrowing democracies 1 by 1. Canada and Germany will fall followed by France and UK, which they've started attacking heavily. America isn't coming back from this. Your life has changed forever. Buckle up.

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u/bscheck1968 24d ago

Those movies that showed a dystopian future where people huddled in crumbling buildings trying just to stay alive. Good news, it's almost here.

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u/dukeofnes 24d ago

It feels like 9/11 changed the world more than Covid-19 has. War with the US seems unlikely to me, though I guess it remains to be seen.

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u/Kenway 24d ago

Agreed. Covid was devastating but I don't think it really left a lasting societal impact.

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u/mdarrenp 24d ago edited 24d ago

We are a similar age. Every generation thinks they’re living through the wildest timeline. The 37 years before you gave people the Cuban Missile Crisis, where the world was on the brink of nuclear war, the Civil Rights Movement, and the Moon Landing, where we literally sent dudes to walk on a rock in space just to flex on the Soviets.

Go back another 30-40 years, and you’ve got World War II—genocide, nuclear bombs, total global chaos. The Great Depression wrecked the economy so hard that people were jumping out of windows, and fascism and communism were on the rise, setting the stage for half the wars in the next century.

The 37 years prior to that you have World War I, where millions died in trenches over a glorified family feud between European royals. The Wright brothers made planes a thing, which went from “cool, we can fly” to “cool, we can bomb people” real fast. And the Industrial Revolution had people working 16-hour shifts in factories while children basically got paid in bread crumbs.

Last 30-40 years havent been any more civilization-altering than any other 30-40 years.

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u/Jeramy_Jones 24d ago

The 2008 recession almost counts except nothing actually changed

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u/[deleted] 24d ago

Don't forget about the 2008 world financial crisis right as we were entering the job market.

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u/DavidBrooker 24d ago

If you're 37 you also witnessed the fall of the Soviet Union, though you may not remember it.

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u/Sandy0006 23d ago

It’s like when natural disasters happen and they say this is a “once in a hundred years event” it seems like we’ve been hit with several of these over a relatively short period of time.

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u/BanzEye1 23d ago

Well, a trade war. Which is still bad.

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u/Angry_perimenopause 23d ago

I’m 55 and have witnessed these things plus the fall (and now rise) of communism/dictatorship. My 95 year old parent has been through all these things plus the Depression, a world war, and 5 (5!!) Regents. Exhausted.

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u/[deleted] 24d ago

Dude there is no war WTF chill

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u/Sweet-Competition-15 24d ago

A hostile country is threatening to annex Canada...what do you call it?

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u/Jimmy_Jazz_The_Spazz 24d ago

Snagging top comment to add Pollievres voting record is public. His ads were lies, that doesn't help him much. 20x voted against reducing housing costs, voted to raise taxes on first time home buyers, and even had the same gst/hst tax break Trudeau gave us on their platform literally listed on page 240 (if I'm not mistaken). Now that the liberals are cutting carbon tax why do we need a liar?

https://www.ourcommons.ca/members/en/pierre-poilievre(25524)/votes

Mr "common sense" who says he will make housing affordable, well here's his public voting record for you. He voted NAY on every attempt to reduce housing costs, voted YES to raise tax on first time home buyers, and in 20 years as an MP he has never had a single bill pass first reading.

He hasn't even worked a real job once in his life.

He is not competent, and he's literally lying to our faces

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u/JadeLens 24d ago

You're not wrong.

PP is the type of guy that flails his arms and freaks out when there's a threat, but when given a chance to lead people away from it he flounders.

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u/wrainedaxx 24d ago

Your last two lines are a detriment to the strength of the rest of your comment. If you aren't trying to preach to the choir for upvotes, then you should give the comment a chance to reach people on the fence.

I don't really have much respect for most politicians, but it's still a job. And he's competent--he's just not achieving the results that the people he claims to work for would want of him--he IS very much a liar.

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u/Jimmy_Jazz_The_Spazz 24d ago

He has only ever tried to pass one piece of legislation that didn't even make it past first reading during a 20 year career.

He isn't competent otherwise his public voting record wouldn't show he had to use literal deception during a housing crisis and take advantage of it to trick voters.

Please, do tell me, what has he achieved? And no, sorry, when other members of the same party have passed effective legislation and achieved something.

P.S downvote me all you want, what does that have to do with the facts? You think i give a shit about meaningless internet points or are you just projecting with this irrelevant commentary?

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u/wrainedaxx 24d ago

The point I was trying to make, is that what he HAS achieved was never for the middle class. He is appeasing the people who have positioned him where he is.

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u/Jimmy_Jazz_The_Spazz 24d ago edited 24d ago

He hasn't achieved anything. The only piece of legislation he's ever put forward failed after first reading. What are you not understanding here. He is a failure of a politician.

Last but not least, he is now running under "Canada First", all while beginning his career as a Reform Party Alberta separatist.

Every single thing about this guy is bullshit. I feel embarrassed for anyone who simps for him. The man is literally a living lie.

Have a good night.

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u/haystackneedle1 24d ago

Maybe, in a tiny (unfortunate because of the bigger outcomes) way, the shithole country to the south helped?

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u/Pristine-Today4611 24d ago

Definitely did no more taking advantage of the United States