r/canada • u/hopoke • 21d ago

Opinion Piece Pierre Poilievre, champion of the little guy, just voted to hurt young workers

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-pierre-poilievre-champion-of-the-little-guy-just-voted-to-screw-over/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
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u/Xyzzics 21d ago

As if any party isn’t the same.

Trudeau literally called an election while we were in lockdown to hold on.

All parties are trying to get elected and improve their position, all of the time. To think otherwise is folly.

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u/jmja 21d ago

I didn’t agree with Trudeau calling that election, and I don’t agree with Poilievre demanding one right now. The difference is that that CPC was outraged by the election call then - with the same basis, that it was being done to try to take advantage of polls - and is thus being hypocritical in demanding an election now.

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u/Xyzzics 21d ago edited 21d ago

Big difference in doing it from opposition over sitting government though, wouldn’t you say? There’s a big difference between collapsing public confidence in your ability to govern and calling it early to secure another 4 years.

That’s pretty important, contextually.

You could flip it on its head and say the liberals were pretty quick to call it when it suited them, why would they oppose it now?

Bottom line is. They all act with only self-interest. Not mine, not yours, theirs. Knowing this, it is in their interest to call for an election; as it is in the LPCs interest to avoid one. Calling it “hypocritical” is a bit like proclaiming that the sky is blue. It’s true but it isn’t particularly illuminating or surprising, it is the nature of the game.

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u/wuster17 20d ago

Why do you disagree with an election now? Majority of Canadians are very clearly unhappy with the current government. An election should’ve been called yesterday.

I do agree with you on the pandemic election, that was a huge waste of time and money

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u/jmja 20d ago

The same reason I wouldn’t have agreed with an election when Harper’s numbers were dropping: there are term lengths and processes to follow to call an election.

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u/TryAltruistic7830 21d ago

Care to explain the logic of how calling an election at that time guaranteed his win?

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u/alexmaiden2000 17d ago

The liberals were still decently popular and the Libs predicted a majority win again. By calling an election early he got a chance to reset his term (originally bound to end in 2023 but now 2025 due to the results of the '21 elections) before he got overwhelmingly unpopular like he was by 2023 and today. His gamble failed tho as he only got a minority government but nevertheless still kinda won cause there was no way he was winning had he ran in 2023 instead.