{"id":32970,"date":"2025-03-06T17:00:19","date_gmt":"2025-03-06T22:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ianchadwick.com\/blog\/?p=32970"},"modified":"2025-03-06T17:00:19","modified_gmt":"2025-03-06T22:00:19","slug":"rage-farming-trump-mimic-poilievre-scrambles-to-pretend-hes-pro-canada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ianchadwick.com\/blog\/rage-farming-trump-mimic-poilievre-scrambles-to-pretend-hes-pro-canada\/","title":{"rendered":"Rage-Farming Trump Mimic Poilievre Scrambles to Pretend He&#8217;s Pro-Canada"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pvc_clear\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"pvc_stats_32970\" class=\"pvc_stats all  \" data-element-id=\"32970\" style=\"\"><i class=\"pvc-stats-icon medium\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.0\" viewBox=\"0 0 502 315\" preserveAspectRatio=\"xMidYMid meet\"><g transform=\"translate(0,332) scale(0.1,-0.1)\" fill=\"\" stroke=\"none\"><path d=\"M2394 3279 l-29 -30 -3 -207 c-2 -182 0 -211 15 -242 39 -76 157 -76 196 0 15 31 17 60 15 243 l-3 209 -33 29 c-26 23 -41 29 -80 29 -41 0 -53 -5 -78 -31z\"\/><path d=\"M3085 3251 c-45 -19 -58 -50 -96 -229 -47 -217 -49 -260 -13 -295 52 -53 146 -42 177 20 16 31 87 366 87 410 0 70 -86 122 -155 94z\"\/><path d=\"M1751 3234 c-13 -9 -29 -31 -37 -50 -12 -29 -10 -49 21 -204 19 -94 39 -189 45 -210 14 -50 54 -80 110 -80 34 0 48 6 76 34 21 21 34 44 34 59 0 14 -18 113 -40 219 -37 178 -43 195 -70 221 -36 32 -101 37 -139 11z\"\/><path d=\"M1163 3073 c-36 -7 -73 -59 -73 -102 0 -56 133 -378 171 -413 34 -32 83 -37 129 -13 70 36 67 87 -16 290 -86 209 -89 214 -129 231 -35 14 -42 15 -82 7z\"\/><path d=\"M3689 3066 c-15 -9 -33 -30 -42 -48 -48 -103 -147 -355 -147 -375 0 -98 131 -148 192 -74 13 15 57 108 97 206 80 196 84 226 37 273 -30 30 -99 39 -137 18z\"\/><path d=\"M583 2784 c-38 -19 -67 -74 -58 -113 9 -42 211 -354 242 -373 16 -10 45 -18 66 -18 51 0 107 52 107 100 0 39 -1 41 -124 234 -80 126 -108 162 -133 173 -41 17 -61 16 -100 -3z\"\/><path d=\"M4250 2784 c-14 -9 -74 -91 -133 -183 -95 -150 -107 -173 -107 -213 0 -55 33 -94 87 -104 67 -13 90 8 211 198 130 202 137 225 78 284 -27 27 -42 34 -72 34 -22 0 -50 -8 -64 -16z\"\/><path d=\"M2275 2693 c-553 -48 -1095 -270 -1585 -649 -135 -104 -459 -423 -483 -476 -23 -49 -22 -139 2 -186 73 -142 361 -457 571 -626 285 -228 642 -407 990 -497 242 -63 336 -73 660 -74 310 0 370 5 595 52 535 111 1045 392 1455 803 122 121 250 273 275 326 19 41 19 137 0 174 -41 79 -309 363 -465 492 -447 370 -946 591 -1479 653 -113 14 -422 18 -536 8z m395 -428 c171 -34 330 -124 456 -258 112 -119 167 -219 211 -378 27 -96 24 -300 -5 -401 -72 -255 -236 -447 -474 -557 -132 -62 -201 -76 -368 -76 -167 0 -236 14 -368 76 -213 98 -373 271 -451 485 -162 444 86 934 547 1084 153 49 292 57 452 25z m909 -232 c222 -123 408 -262 593 -441 76 -74 138 -139 138 -144 0 -16 -233 -242 -330 -319 -155 -123 -309 -223 -461 -299 l-81 -41 32 46 c18 26 49 83 70 128 143 306 141 649 -6 957 -25 52 -61 116 -79 142 l-34 47 45 -20 c26 -10 76 -36 113 -56z m-2057 25 c-40 -58 -105 -190 -130 -263 -110 -324 -59 -707 132 -981 25 -35 42 -64 37 -64 -19 0 -241 119 -326 174 -188 122 -406 314 -532 468 l-58 71 108 103 c185 178 428 349 672 473 66 33 121 60 123 61 2 0 -10 -19 -26 -42z\"\/><path d=\"M2375 1950 c-198 -44 -350 -190 -395 -379 -18 -76 -8 -221 19 -290 114 -284 457 -406 731 -260 98 52 188 154 231 260 27 69 37 214 19 290 -38 163 -166 304 -326 360 -67 23 -215 33 -279 19z\"\/><\/g><\/svg><\/i> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Loading\" src=\"https:\/\/ianchadwick.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/page-views-count\/ajax-loader-2x.gif\" border=0 \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"pvc_clear\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalobserver.com\/2024\/01\/03\/opinion\/pierre-poilievre-donald-trump-common\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nationalobserver.com\/sites\/default\/files\/img\/2024\/01\/03\/untitled_design.png\" alt=\"Trump and his mimic PoiLIEvre\" width=\"300\" \/><\/a><span class=\"dropcap\">T<\/span><strong>he trade war that the racist and fascist felon and Putin asset Donald Trump initiated against American allies<\/strong> Canada and Mexico, as well as against China, Colombia, and other nations has brought out the stark differences between Canada&#8217;s conservative parties and our centrist and leftist parties. Suddenly caught like deer in the headlights by Trump&#8217;s attacks, the federal CONservatives are flailing to try and convince Canadians that they aren&#8217;t <em>really<\/em> the rightwing Maple MAGA extremists they&#8217;ve been pretending to be for the last few years. Instead, they are eager to tell us, they&#8217;ve been <em>real<\/em> Canadians all along. Just as loyal as the others. Just pay no attention to their previous comments and all that Canada-is-broken stuff.<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>*<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Where our outgoing prime minister, Justin Trudeau, captured the world&#8217;s respect for standing up to Trump and defending Canada in a powerful speech, and has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pm.gc.ca\/en\/news\/statements\/2025\/03\/03\/statement-prime-minister-trudeau-on-unjustified-us-tariffs-against-canada\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">made equally strong statements against the tariffs since<\/a>, the CONservative leader and puerile whiny Trump mimic Pierre PoiLIEvre did what he always does when challenged to stand up for our nation: whined, blamed the Liberals, insulted Canada and Canadians, and offered nothing of substance for dealing with the challenges we face. And he thinks we&#8217;re stupid enough to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalobserver.com\/2024\/12\/03\/opinion\/pierre-poilievre-truth-misinformation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fall for his lies again<\/a>. As the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalobserver.com\/2024\/12\/03\/opinion\/pierre-poilievre-truth-misinformation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">National Observer<\/a> wrote, PoiLIEvre has a &#8220;problem&#8221; telling the truth (emphasis added):<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Misrepresentations are nothing new for Poilievre, mind you. If anything, he\u2019s built the massive lead his party enjoys in the polls on the back of his concerted campaign to confuse Canadians about why they\u2019re paying higher prices for things like groceries and energy. But this particular abuse of the truth is so obvious, so flagrant, and so utterly pointless that it\u2019s worth thinking a little longer about what it says&#8230;<br \/>\n<strong>Pierre Poilievre&#8217;s disregard for the truth has been on full display of late, including in his response to Donald Trump&#8217;s tariff threat.<\/strong> Why that should be raising questions about his fitness to lead Canada, and what it could mean if he ever does.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Poilievre says Canada is broken\" width=\"805\" height=\"453\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iZkDidhhqFw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Seriously. The man <em>hates<\/em> Canada. He has said Canada is broken so many times that most observers think it&#8217;s his party&#8217;s motto. Here&#8217;s a snippet of his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/politics\/poilievre-full-speech-trump-trade-war-1.7474504\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">speech from March 4, 2025<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Before these tariffs came in this morning, you must have been asking yourself: how could things get any worse?\u00a0Before these tariffs, you were already suffering. You wondered how you&#8217;d pay the rent or eventually dream of buying a home after\u00a0housing costs had doubled over the last decade, rising faster than in any other G7 country.<br \/>\nYou&#8217;ve downgraded your diet, as food prices have risen 37 per cent faster in Canada than in the United States over the last five\u00a0years. You might be one of the two\u00a0million people, a record-breaking number, lined up at food banks \u2014 a number that had more than doubled before these tariffs applied.<br \/>\nYou&#8217;ve likely noticed that your paycheque is not keeping up with the record inflation, as Canada&#8217;s GDP has grown less and lower than any other G7 country over the last decade.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Basically what PoiLIEvre gave us was just another of his cookie-cutter Canada-is-broken-blame-Trudeau campaign speeches. He&#8217;s been on constant campaign tour \u2014 at taxpayers&#8217; expense, of course \u2014 ever since he became leader of the CONs. In a piece on Canadian responses to the trade war, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/commentisfree\/2025\/mar\/06\/the-guardian-view-on-why-canada-matters-a-nation-in-the-global-frontline\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Guardian<\/a> noted:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Mr Trump\u2019s unpopularity is the central election issue. Mr Poilievre has been slow to adjust. This week he suggested, with all the sensitivity of Liz Truss, that the answer to the tariffs\u00a0was to\u00a0cut taxes.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>And not content to merely disrespect Canada in public (as he always does), PoiLIEvre made his pitch for the oil and gas industry. It&#8217;s almost as if the oil and gas companies owned him&#8230; maybe he can&#8217;t get a security clearance because it would expose their involvement in something shady in his past. Who knows? But it&#8217;s piffle to think that implementing a decades-long process to approve and build a pipeline that won&#8217;t see any results for many, many more years would resolve an immediate issue over trade and tariffs or resolve any of the imaginary threats Trump has raised, like fentanyl. And does he really think that oil and gas companies intend to turn their profits over to the rest of Canada instead of passing them on to their shareholders and CEOs as they have always done? His credibility doesn&#8217;t gain from that notion.<\/p>\n<p>PoiLIEvre said:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Fourth, we must immediately repeal the Liberal no-new-pipelines law, C-69, a\u00a0law that not only blocks all pipelines, but stops mines, refineries, export plants and all kinds of other energy infrastructure and makes us hopelessly reliant on one customer, the Americans \u2014 a customer we cannot count on anymore.<br \/>\nWe must greenlight LNG plants that Liberals say there is no business case for, so that we no longer have to sell 100 per cent of our gas exports to the Americans.\u00a0We can sell it to Asia and Europe and help break the European dependence on Putin, turning dollars for dictators into paycheques for our people.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Then he got on his old tired ideological nag (aka his high horse) to attack the carbon tax (PoiLIEvre disingenuously calling it the &#8220;the job-killing carbon tax&#8221;) and whinges about &#8220;massive, inflationary deficits.&#8221; In a piece titled &#8220;Conservative leaders are failing Trump&#8217;s tariff test,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalobserver.com\/2025\/03\/04\/opinion\/conservative-leaders-trump-tariff-test\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The National Observer<\/a> noted PoiLIEvre&#8217;s cynical attempt to use the moment to reiterate his list of whines and gripes:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8230;leaders like Pierre Poilievre and Danielle Smith completely missed the moment. After a few harsh words for Trump, Poilievre immediately pivoted to his pre-existing political script, blaming Justin Trudeau for everything from rising home prices to longer lines at food banks. He even suggested that the best way to mitigate the damage done by Trump\u2019s tariffs was \u2014 you guessed it \u2014 tax cuts. \u201cThe obvious place to start is to get rid of the Liberal carbon tax,\u201d he said. Of course it is, Pierre.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>In another self-aggrandizing presser, PoiLIEvre tried hard to convince the assembled media that the fascist he loves to imitate disavowed him. &#8220;The president says <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=RqBMR1W6z8o&amp;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">I&#8217;m not MAGA<\/a>&#8221; PoiLIEvre petulantly stated, which no doubt confused and offended his far-right followers who have been his faithful Maple MAGA ever since <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/politics\/24140480\/canada-pierre-poilievre-conservative-party-populism-democracy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">he supported the insurrectionist convoy in Ottawa,<\/a> trying to overthrow our elected government. He&#8217;s not MAGA like the Pope&#8217;s not Catholic.<\/p>\n<p>But what the racist felon Trump really said was that PoiLIEvre&#8217;s failing is that he isn&#8217;t MAGA enough for Trump, despite PoiLIEvre&#8217;s strident attempts to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalobserver.com\/2024\/01\/03\/opinion\/pierre-poilievre-donald-trump-common\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">build a similar cult of personality around himself<\/a>. Trump apparently wanted PoiLIEvre to man-up and be more of a sycophant racist and misogynist to be a <em>real<\/em> MAGA Man, maybe more like alleged human <a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/the-tates-and-trumps-inner-circle-the-deepening-ties-that-led-to-the-controversial-influencers-flying-to-freedom-in-america-13318676\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trafficker and sex offender<\/a> \u2014 and outspoken Trump defender \u2014 Andrew Tate. As the Der-Sturmer-wannabe <a href=\"https:\/\/nationalpost.com\/news\/canada\/trump-calls-freeland-a-whack-and-poilievre-not-a-maga-guy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">National Post<\/a> reported,<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre\u2019s biggest problem is that he\u2019s \u201cnot a MAGA guy,\u201d according to U.S. President Donald Trump.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>And yet, as <a href=\"https:\/\/cultmtl.com\/2025\/02\/pierre-poilievre-has-racked-up-endorsements-from-a-whos-who-of-fascists-fraudsters-and-alt-right-influencers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cult MTL reports<\/a>, PoiLIEvre, &#8220;has racked up endorsements from a who\u2019s who of fascists, fraudsters and alt-right influencers.&#8221; That includes such despicable characters as Alex Jones, convicted fraudster Conrad Black, Elon Musk, Ben Shapiro, Jordan Peterson, Gad Saad, and Joe Rogan. With friends like them, who needs a platform based on human decency, morality or ethics, eh?\u00a0The author of the piece, Toula Drimonis, asks, \u201cIs it not obvious that a lot of morally objectionable and politically dangerous people are supporting Poilievre?\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/magas-canadian-sweetheart-vows-to-retaliate-against-trump-in-tariff-war\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Daily Beast<\/a> called PoiLIEvre, &#8220;MAGA\u2019s Canadian Sweetheart.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lemonde.fr\/en\/m-le-mag\/article\/2024\/11\/22\/pierre-poilievre-canada-s-trump-inspired-conservative-leader_6733728_117.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Le Monde<\/a> called him &#8220;Canada&#8217;s Trump-inspired conservative leader,&#8221; adding &#8220;Like the US president-elect, the Canadian Conservative Party leader casts himself as a victim of the elites and the media, calls for lower taxes and likes to use insults.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/newsletters\/west-wing-playbook\/2025\/01\/08\/is-he-the-canadian-trump-00197165\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">US-based Politico<\/a> asked &#8220;Has Canada found its Trump?&#8221; adding &#8220;DONALD TRUMP may be getting a doppelg\u00e4nger up north&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cStylistically, the overlap [between the two men] is really in their populism,\u201d\u00a0TED ALDEN, a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, told West Wing Playbook. \u201cThey both have run as representing ordinary people against the elites.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Mendaciously representing while actually being members of the elite themselves, that is. PoiLIEvre&#8217;s net worth is estimated at $25 million USD, a far cry from what an &#8220;ordinary person&#8221; is worth, and an astounding amount for someone on a politician&#8217;s salary. His real estate portfolio alone is estimated at $13.93 million. These figures make me wonder how he got so rich, and why he won&#8217;t get his security clearance. <em><strong>What is he hiding?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Stephen Harper, the far-right ideologue, most despised prime minister in our history, and PoiLIEvre&#8217;s longtime mentor and promoter, tried ineffectually to distance PoiLIEvre from Trump recently. <a href=\"https:\/\/thetyee.ca\/Analysis\/2025\/01\/15\/Stephen-Harper-Poilievre-Trump-Far-Left-Liberals\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Tyee<\/a> noted the pro-MAGA Harper has been &#8220;been deferential to incoming U.S. president Donald Trump and tech CEO Elon Musk, even as the two threaten Canadian sovereignty.&#8221; You can read &#8216;deferential&#8217; as &#8216;obsequiously obsequious.&#8217;\u00a0 Of course he has: Harper is head of <a href=\"https:\/\/thetyee.ca\/Analysis\/2019\/08\/06\/Harper-Heads-Global-Org-Help-Elect-Right-Wing-Parties\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the far-right, anti-democracy IDU<\/a> that wants to see<a href=\"https:\/\/thetyee.ca\/Analysis\/2024\/04\/05\/Democracy-Under-Siege-Globally\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> rightwing dictators instead of elected governments in every Western nation<\/a>. Of course he&#8217;d want to pander to a fellow fascist.<\/p>\n<p>PoiLIEvre learned his hatred of Canada and Canadians at the feet of Harper when the latter was prime minister and trying to destabilize and undercut our own Canadian democracy. In the Tyee piece, Harper also talked glowingly about &#8220;how Poilievre has successfully adopted right-wing populism,&#8221; although he then tried to make an about-face by saying &#8220;the Conservative leader is not the same as Trump.&#8221; Yeah, right. Of course the guy who imitates Trump&#8217;s comments and speeches, often word for word, isn&#8217;t the same&#8230; PoiLIEvre doesn&#8217;t golf.<\/p>\n<p>For Canadians, Harper has almost as much credibility as Trump. So if Harper says PeePee isn&#8217;t the same as Trump, you can bet it means he sure as hell is as close as he can make himself.<\/p>\n<p>Among those foreign fascists and extremists who have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/politics\/musk-canada-poilievre-trudeau-influence-1.7426954\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">openly endorsed PoiLIEvre is SpaceNazi<\/a> and Trump co-owner, Elon Musk (aka Muskolini). CBC reported:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>In the past week alone, Musk has dipped into Canadian politics on his social media platform several times;\u00a0endorsing Conservative Leader\u00a0Pierre Poilievre,\u00a0showering him with praise,\u00a0reposting his tweets\u00a0and applauding his speeches and\u00a0media interactions.<br \/>\nAt the same time, he has mocked Prime Minister Justin Trudeau over his\u00a0resignation, borrowing president-elect Donald Trump&#8217;s language to refer to him as a &#8220;governor.&#8221;\u00a0He&#8217;s even called Trudeau an\u00a0&#8220;insufferable tool.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I have yet to find any report of PoiLIEvre refusing or refuting Muskolini&#8217;s endorsement. Or for that matter, <em>any<\/em> of those from Trump&#8217;s far-right cabal of neo-Nazis. He seems to revel in them. In fact, PoiLIEvre, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/player\/play\/video\/9.6609234\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">when asked about Musk&#8217;s endorsement by a reporter<\/a>, mumbled, deflected, and refused to distance himself from Musk. Instead, he seemed to welcome Musk into Canada to build factories here (while also saying &#8220;The days of us just handing over our businesses and jobs&#8230; are over.&#8221; Over, except, it seems for Musk.) But, he took the opportunity to insult and attack the Liberals, without actually answering the question or refuting Musk&#8217;s endorsement. Again, as usual.<\/p>\n<p>CONservative parties and CEOs, even in Canada under the threat of Trump&#8217;s trade war, have generally conceded and caved in to Trump&#8217;s bullying, or worse, praised his tactics and supported his goal of reducing our nation to the servile status Trump called a &#8220;51st state.&#8221; In large part that&#8217;s because corporations expect higher profits from reduced taxes, eliminated environmental and safety regulations, and anti-union laws that have proliferated in the USA. And PoiLIEvre panders to the corporate interests because they are big donors.<\/p>\n<p>Piffleswipe PoiLIEvre has also been making MAGA-like statements about &#8220;Canada First&#8221; in the same tired vein of Trump&#8217;s empty MAGA slogans. Most of PoiLIEvre&#8217;s vapid bumper-sticker slogans are merely three words, presented to the gullible followers instead of presenting actual policies or offering viable solutions. Well, to be fair, policies and solutions require thought, planning, and study. Like his hero Trump, PoiLIEvre doesn&#8217;t take the time to put together a coherent package because it might distract from the staccato fire of sloganeering and insulting. And his followers are unlikely to read much more than what could fit on a T-shirt. Plus, any actual platform would be subject to scrutiny, analysis, criticism, and exposure to the public. The guy who still refuses to get his security clearance is not likely to want anything like openness, accountability, or transparency to hinder his Trumpesque rage-farming tactics.<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>***<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Writing about Trump-loving Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and Poilieve,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalobserver.com\/2025\/03\/04\/opinion\/conservative-leaders-trump-tariff-test\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> the National Observer<\/a> added;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>If Poilievre and Smith were taking this as seriously as they should, they\u2019d be doing more than confirming their biases and riding their hobby horses&#8230; This is a real test of their leadership \u2014 and their commitment to their country. They both know that a sizable minority of their own supporters would sooner support Trump than Canada here, and that their respective parties have a habit of tossing out leaders who run afoul of the base.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Sorry, but have you not been paying attention to the comments and actions of these two for the last several years? They both long ago failed any test about their &#8220;commitment to their country.&#8221; At best, they are quislings who would happily give their allegiance to a MAGA takeover. At worst, they are traitors who would sell out or even give away our country without even a shrug to enable our annexation.<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>**<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Canada deserves better.<\/p>\n<h5>\u00a0Notes:<\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>*<\/strong><\/span> Musk is really the Shadow President: the unelected (illegal?) immigrant who runs the Oval Office, and currently is Trump&#8217;s co-owner with Putin. Like Trump, PoiLIEvre has been cozying up to rightwing oligarchs and billionaires. <a href=\"https:\/\/breachmedia.ca\/canada-far-right-tech-billionaires-pierre-poilievre\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Breach<\/a> ran a piece in December titled, &#8220;Pierre Poilievre is cozying up to Canada\u2019s far-right broligarchs: Just like their Silicon Valley counterparts, some Canadian tech billionaires are trying to push Canada to the right.&#8221; PoiLIEvre has loudly praised Shopify CEO Tobias L\u00fctke, but as <a href=\"https:\/\/breachmedia.ca\/canada-far-right-tech-billionaires-pierre-poilievre\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the Breach<\/a> reported, L\u00fctke&#8217;s Xitter feed was &#8220;an embrace of far right-wing political ideas&#8230;. he\u2019s called for Canada Post to be gutted, positioned himself as \u201canti unions\u201d that threaten his customers\u2019 livelihoods, and opposed the right to strike&#8230; He has also praised Trump\u2019s threat to enact 25 per cent tariffs on Canada.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>**<\/strong> <\/span>A reminder from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-ca\/news\/canada\/bell-danielle-smith-is-home-speaking-out-and-not-holding-back\/ar-AA1xP9nT?ocid=BingNewsSerp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the Calgary Herald<\/a> in February: Danielle Smith answers critics, says it&#8217;s time to give Trump a win: \u201cIf we give him a win it may pave the way for a more constructive discussion on tariffs.\u201d And <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/calgary\/trump-tariffs-day-one-danielle-smith-analysis-1.7474718\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this CBC story<\/a>: &#8220;On Day 1 of Trump&#8217;s trade war, Danielle Smith held back her fire. PM and other premiers threw elbows. Alberta&#8217;s premier issued a written statement.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>***<\/strong><\/span> PoiLIEvre&#8217;s choice of his new &#8220;Canada First&#8221; slogan has been contentious. <a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/the-proud-boys-disbanded-over-a-year-ago-but-far-right-extremism-still-exists-in-canada-185670\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Canadian arm of the neo-Nazi group, The Proud Boys<\/a> was declared a domestic terrorist organization in Canada. It broke up in 2022 and some of them re-organized as a new hate group called \u2014 wait for it \u2014 <em>Canada First<\/em>. The Conversation noted:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Canada First\u2019s network is unapologetically fascist, dedicated to producing neo-Nazi propaganda and connecting like-minded National Socialists. Posts shared in the network of channels\u00a0include content from Telegram channels associated with Fashlash, an offshoot of the international neo-Nazi group Atomwaffen Division.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>And <a href=\"https:\/\/www.antihate.ca\/former_proud_boys_devolved_neo_nazi_accelerationists\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the Antihate network<\/a> adds:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Initially calling itself Proud Boys: Canada First, and now just Canada First, the group is overtly neo-Nazi in ideology; calls for the removal and elimination &#8212; through violent means &#8212;\u00a0 of Jews, feminists, LGBTQIA2S+ people, Black people, Muslims and anyone not white.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Also in 2022, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/politics\/poilievre-ballingall-conservative-leadership-canada-proud-1.6433088\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PoiLIEvre&#8217;s campaign team hired the marketing and promotion team<\/a> that was behind the messaging of the far-right hate groups, Canada Proud and Ontario Proud. 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