Poilievre's Politics of Abandonment

[MAPearce]

And he's from Calgary, not Kaybeck.

That's even worse!

All politicians are liars!

See in the news tonight ?

First time in recent history (or far for that matter) that a party leader went to the Island WITHOUT his surf board.

[Babba_not_Gump]

All 45 seconds of speech had to be endured , OH THE TRAUMA , I’m sure counselling and a cash reward is required after that horrid experience . After all there are people that need to hear the safety warning and for those that didn’t -good luck ( as I’ve heard stated multiple times on Westjet)

Yeah but we know the inmate in question didn't listen to one word. For all he knows it was a Westjet approved safety speech.

[fluffy]

Pierre Poilievre’s push to keep convention focused on economy falls to grassroots votes for social policies

"QUEBEC CITY—Efforts by Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre to keep his party focused on an economic message to win the next election took a blow Saturday as the party’s grassroots voted in favour of social policies likely to give the Liberals a renewed line of attack.

The majority of party members voted in favour of a ban on providing medical or surgical treatments to minors questioning their gender identity, as well as one that voiced support for “women-only” spaces like bathrooms.

That the party’s policy handbook will now include those commitments doesn’t mean they will make it into the Conservatives’ next election platform.

Poilievre is not bound by them, and he said as much ahead of the convention.

But both policies will quickly be pounced upon by the Liberals to underscore the argument they’ve been trying to make throughout the Conservatives policy convention: that Poilievre is trying to import “American-style” culture war politics into Canada and doesn’t support LGBTQ rights."

It looks like internal divides within the CPC are not going away anytime soon.

[fluffy]

Freedom of the press suppressed at Conservative Party convention

For a party whose leader has touted his belief in freedom of expression in the past, certain members of the media have faced bullying tactics and stonewalling at the annual Conservative Party of Canada (CPC) convention which kicked off this week in Quebec City.

Both The Maple and Breach Media have been denied accreditation to cover the event, according to Maple news editor Alex Cosh.

Furthermore, reporter Nora Loreto, who was working on behalf of The Maple to cover the event, says she was harassed by Conservative Party security at the convention and threatened with jail for doing her job.

https://rabble.ca/politics/canadian-pol ... onvention/

[fluffy]

Poilievre’s ‘anti-elite’ Tories stack top council with corporate lobbyists

"Lobbyists for major oil, pharmaceutical, real estate and anti-union companies were elected to nearly half of the seats on the Conservative party’s top governing body at its convention in Quebec City.

Those elected don’t exactly represent the interests of “common people” whom Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre has said he’s championing in speeches and ads rolled out in the past months.

In a keynote address on Friday, Poilievre evoked the life of a single mother on minimum wage, and the struggles of a farmer, electrician, and young couple feeling “like strangers in their own country.”

But despite his extensive efforts to rebrand the party as a defender of ordinary people, the lobbyists now on the national council are a reflection of the Conservatives’ powerful, traditional corporate backers.

They include Amber Ruddy, a lobbyist for oil companies like Tourmaline Oil Corp. and Husky, several pharmaceutical giants including GlaxoSmithKline, and Merit, the construction association which pushes governments to pass anti-union policies."

>snip<

"A day before the council’s election at the convention, Conservative members voted down a resolution calling for lobbyists to be barred from serving on the 20-member governing body, in a policy session off-limits to the media.

The Hill Times reported that some of the riding associations who sponsored the resolution had set up an anonymous website, nolobbyistsoncouncil.ca, to campaign against the lobbyists running in the election.

“Members of National Council are supposed to represent the members of our Party and work with MPs and members of caucus to help us win the election,” the site read. “But lobbyists are meeting with MPs to represent their corporate clients.”

“How can we ever call out the Liberals if we are guilty of perceived conflicts of interests ourselves?”

A few hours after the election results were announced on Saturday afternoon, the website disappeared. Its creators did not reply to a request for comment."

https://breachmedia.ca/pierre-poilievre ... lobbyists/

"Listen to what I say, don't watch what I do" is the catchphrase PP is not sharing.

[George Orwell 1984]

Ah yes , note the ask for cash at the bottom . BECOME A RABBLE ROUSER TODAY .

[fluffy]

"Attack the messenger, ignore the message" has been part of the right-wing playbook for some time now. It's not working very well any more, Canadians are smarter than that. Well, most Canadians.

[fluffy]

Behind Poilievre are the same old corporate interests

"Despite Poilievre’s rebukes of “gatekeepers” and the “elite,” the composition of his party’s national council closely mirrors the corporate interests the party has traditionally represented.

Those interests are dominated by resource companies, small- and mid-sized oil producers, construction and real estate developers, and medium-sized businesses and retail giants that fight unions and higher wages much more aggressively than the larger corporations that tend to gravitate towards the Liberal Party.

These corporate players will be looking to a Poilievre government for the sorts of policies Stephen Harper’s Conservatives implemented: slashing corporate taxes, undermining labour rights, limiting access to social assistance, scrapping environmental regulations, and furthering economic and military integration with the United States.

Hardly the policies that would serve the working Canadians Poilievre described in his convention speech."

https://breachmedia.ca/pierre-poilievre ... lobbyists/

[George Orwell 1984]

I guess you didn’t happen to notice Guilbeault and his feeble attempt at distraction outside of the conservative convention . Putz#2 . Do I sense bitterness that Rebel news won a court case against him and received 20k in payment . Perhaps the Rabble should try a legal route

[fluffy]

I guess you didn’t happen to notice Guilbeault and his feeble attempt at distraction outside of the conservative convention . Putz#2 . Do I sense bitterness that Rebel news won a court case against him and received 20k in payment . Perhaps the Rabble should try a legal route

I didn't see that one happen, but I agree with the outcome. With the constant cries for transparency and accountability there is no excuse exclusionary practices unless laws are being broken. Ezra Levant has been in the bozo corner for so long that everybody knows where he is coming from, let him step up and make a fool of himself again for all I care, he doesn't seem to grasp that he likely turns away more people than he attracts to his "cause".

[Jlabute]

The Tyee – Bias and Credibility,,,Overall, we rate The Tyee on the far end of Left-Center Biased based on liberal editorial bias and story selection that often favors the left.

You left out their "HIGH" rating for factual reporting.

Factual opinions? It is a fact the Tyee publishes [mindless] opinions, and they are more biased than the CBC if that is even possible. Everyone can have their own little truths. lol. The Tyee doesn't want to feel their woke communist cultural opinion fade for 4 years, nor do they want to lose out on any Trudeau bailout monies. The Tyee gives accolades to the world's worst leaders and policies, and hopefully will go down with the ship.

[The Green Barbarian]

Pierre Poilievre’s push to keep convention focused on economy falls to grassroots votes for social policies

"QUEBEC CITY—Efforts by Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre to keep his party focused on an economic message to win the next election took a blow Saturday as the party’s grassroots voted in favour of social policies likely to give the Liberals a renewed line of attack.

The majority of party members voted in favour of a ban on providing medical or surgical treatments to minors questioning their gender identity, as well as one that voiced support for “women-only” spaces like bathrooms.

That the party’s policy handbook will now include those commitments doesn’t mean they will make it into the Conservatives’ next election platform.

Poilievre is not bound by them, and he said as much ahead of the convention.

But both policies will quickly be pounced upon by the Liberals to underscore the argument they’ve been trying to make throughout the Conservatives policy convention: that Poilievre is trying to import “American-style” culture war politics into Canada and doesn’t support LGBTQ rights."

It looks like internal divides within the CPC are not going away anytime soon.

As you didn't link to who wrote this garbage (including the evil lies about LGBTQ rights) I assume that this is yet another dumpster fire far Left source of propaganda. Fear mongering garbage. What I don't get is why the NDP is attacking the Conservatives. Now is the time to grab power (what you can) from the Liberals. Attacking the Conservatives does the loser NDP no good. No one who votes Conservative is going to be swayed by this disgusting and evil trash that you posted. But Liberals might move to the NDP. This isn't helping.

[fluffy]

A review of their history in winning awards for excellence in journalism puts your post in the "highly questionable" category.

[The Green Barbarian]

A review of their history in winning awards for excellence in journalism puts your post in the trash bin.

LOL - who gave them these "awards" - any "awards" these fools get definitely deserve to be in the trash bin.

[liisgo]

Seems this particle topic is nothing but a need to support the Woke liberalism propaganda machine under the helm of trudeau. The "Tyee" is a well proven and acknowledged leftest part of this machine.

"You left out their "HIGH" rating for factual reporting",,,Nope,these two items mentioned, A left leaning contributor to the dictator machine and factual reporting, cannot go together.