Thanks for the post!
Personally, I like Poilievre. He asks the questions I want answered and seems closer to the common people. For example, after the tsunami / nuclear disaster in Japan (2011) my wife and her friends organized a series of bake / artwork sales to raise money to help the victims. Poilievre is the only politician who showed up on his own - without photographers - to buy a few things and chat with folks. That left a lasting positive impression on me and others.
That said, I can't forget that for the last two years (since 2020), Poilievre has really said NOTHING while our so-called rights and freedoms were being trampled on by all levels of government. In fact, he only started being vocal when it became obvious that - thanks to the Truckers - a large section of the public are against all of these "mandates" and ongoing government over-reach.
So, I'm not 100% convinced that Poilievre is exactly what he's making himself out to be.
It's a shame though, 'cause I really do like the guy.
TBH - I don't think the solution to our problems (in Canada) is a political one. I think people, and businesses need to stop complying. We need to peacefully resist and not comply. We need to stop interacting with governments - as much as possible.
However, if people living in Canada insist on going the political route, then I firmly believe that it would need to be by voting into power pro-freedom / pro-personal responsibility parties and independents . That's for all levels of government; municipal, provincial and federal.
Voting for either the Liberal, NDP, Conservative or Green party will not get us to where we want to go.
Anyway, this is just my opinion and you know what they say about opinions and assholes...
Thanks again for the post.
Yeah for sure. Poilievre really doesn't set off my spider sense anywhere near the levels that Trudeau or Freeland would. The intuition tells me, this guy wants to do good.
I would actually be curious to know how Maxime Bernier and Pierre Poilievre actually feel about each other. Although, the PPC smear campaign, which I find to be in bad taste does rather reveal what Bernier thinks about Poilievre. Strange enough, Bernier used to be Conservative. So to me, seeing him attack Poilievre based on circumstantial evidence is unfortunate. I would think if he had some kind of unassailable evidence that he would be putting that out. A photo with the guy standing beside Bill Gates doesn't really prove he is predatorial. Things like, voting records couldn't be denied.
Part of me would like to see the two parties join up. Are they nemesis merely because they are two separate parties? It's like, if your ideas are the same, then, why fight?
Yeah, at the same time, I think what you're saying about political solutions not being effective, just might be true. Some have suggested that the political system is really just there to provide people with the illusion of choice when there really actually isn't one. I might be clinging to an illusion of a solution.
That 2011 story regarding the Japanese nuclear disaster, that's actually really cool what you guys did, and it's really cool that Poilievre showed up with no camera crew to show support.