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ABossy's avatar

“But this Trump-skepticism is relatively new.” Absolutely correct! I watched the last interview with Peterson including the paywalled last half-hour. There PP let loose and talked about how great it would be to partner with trump, how rich it could make us. The thing is, this was after it was already very apparent to anyone with a brain, that trump was not a normal president. PP was still thinking all we had to do was secure the border, and voilá, trump would be pleased to deal with us. Talk about slow-witted! Also there was the endorsement by elon. Once PP finally understood Canadians’ anti-US sentiments, he quickly changed his tune and started talking tough and patriotically. What a bum.

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Serge L.'s avatar

Love your work and this is a great article, but this was unnecessary:

"Nobody can doubt the sincerity of Poilievre’s desire to fight for the working class in Canada. And his criticisms of Trump’s tariff policy and unhinged threats to annex Canada are clearly genuine."

In fact I doubt the sincerity of everything that comes out of the mouth of this stage-managed basement dweller. He has had no problem letting foreign actors like Mike Roman or Indian "diplomats" undermine our democracy. He wants Canada to become like the USA. If Trump could make it happen while making him Governor, he'd be OK with it. As for the working class, he certainly wants to exploit their rage, but he has not plan or intention of improving their rights or their lives.

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