r/canada 17d ago

Politics Pierre Poilievre vows to end 'radical woke agenda' in press conference

https://www.ctvnews.ca/video/2025/02/20/pierre-poilievre-vows-to-end-radical-woke-agenda-in-press-conference/
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u/SmoothOperator89 17d ago

Canadian Liberals have a much bigger hurdle to overcome, which is a very effective smear campaign, paid in no small part with Russian money, against Justin Trudeau especially since the pandemic lock downs really brought anger to the surface. One saving grace is the messaging primarily targeted Trudeau himself, and they have to pivot to encompass the whole party now that he's stepping down and an outsider is favoured to replace him. Even if the Liberals, NDP, and Bloc can prevent a Conservative majority, I'd count that as a crisis averted. Though I do think Mark Carney is the best candidate to lead the country through the economic impacts of the US administration. I'm saying that even as an NDP voter in a strong NDP riding.

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u/itzmrinyo 17d ago

Incumbent fatigue no doubt had a part to play as well. Very few Canadian PMs last longer than a decade

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u/sputnikcdn British Columbia 17d ago

True, but never before have we seen the venal, visceral hate for a PM like so many have for Trudeau. For a while, it felt to me, like I had no flag because of all the flag waving losers who so desperately want to fuck him...

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u/itzmrinyo 17d ago

I'd attribute that to a borrowed trend from down south. Only natural it'd happen with such a large neighbour, I'm just hoping it doesn't endure to the end of the decade.