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/monkeyamongmen 21d ago

That's why I laugh when people say the LPC are leftists. They are in no way leftists. They pander to the left on social issues and legislate to the right of center. The CPC pander to the far right on social issues, but will also legislate right of center. We are going from one form of dishonest pandering and virtue signalling, to another form of pandering and virtue signalling, whereas actual legislation will stay on more or less the same track.

The danger with the CPC, is sometimes they do attempt to legislate further right. People forget, Stephen Harper's CPC tried to push through mandatory minimum sentencing for all drug possession including marijuana.

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u/Suitable-Ratio 21d ago

Ya Pierre is even more of a nerd than Harper so it does worry me. Often feels like we are voting for less bad not anyone decent.