Don Martin: Poilievre doesn't feel your pain, but he's sure good at communicating it (www.ctvnews.ca)

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Probably no other leader, including Justin Trudeau, has landed in a party leadership with less real-world work experience than Pierre Poilievre, says Don Martin in a column for CTVNews.ca. But Poilievre's an able communicator, and this weekend's Conservative convention is a golden opportunity for him to sell himself as PM-in-waiting.

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[-] BlameThePeacock@lemmy.ca 20 points 2 years ago

How so? It's just laying out the fact that the man has never had a real job, or struggled with cost of living.

It's an opinion article, that's pretty standard stuff.

[-] i_r_weldr@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago

Poilievre was adopted to parents of modest means who had to sell their house in the crash of the 80’s.

Wonder if Trudeau had silver cutlery in the 80’s.

[-] nicktron@kbin.social 18 points 2 years ago

Boo fuckin hoo. The guy is a con man and even if that is true it doesn't change the fact that he's never worked a real job nor does he understand the plight of Canadians in this day and age.

[-] i_r_weldr@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago

And Trudeau and Freeland do?

[-] girlfreddy@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 years ago

When there is no factual argument to be made, people like you always fall back on whataboutism.

[-] i_r_weldr@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago

Great addition to the conversation, your retort has made me see the error of my ways.

[-] girlfreddy@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 years ago

Some 🧀 to go with your whine.

[-] Oderus@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

"Great addition to the conversation" says the guy who brings up Trudeau 100 times in a post about Poilievre.

If you vote for Harper's finance critic that said to invest in Bitcoin to avoid inflation, that's on you bud.

[-] HikingVet@lemmy.sdf.org 14 points 2 years ago

Is that the depth of your critique?

[-] Kichae@kbin.social 11 points 2 years ago

And they raised a conniving political predator who will sell us all out so that he can join the moneyed elites.

What's your point?

[-] jcrm@kbin.social 10 points 2 years ago

Cool, he's also a lying scumbag that will do anything to enrich himself, and get himself more power.

[-] i_r_weldr@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 years ago

Like calling an election in the middle of a pandemic because your numbers are falling fast?

[-] jcrm@kbin.social 9 points 2 years ago

It's hilarious how cons think I automatically like our current PM because I think Skippy is an idiot. I don't care about anything you have to list, because I'm not talking about Trudeau. If the best defence you have is to attack some other guy, MAN y'all are in worse shape than you realize.

Skippy supported a group that was attempting to overthrow a democratically elected government, and constant pushes bullshit conspiracy theories.

[-] i_r_weldr@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago

I’ve voted NDP more than I have conservative. I dislike many things about Poilievre, but I believe he’s got the best chance of reigning in inflation and housing issues. He’s proposing playing hardball and that plays with a lot of Canadians right now who are feeling the absolute shitshow of the last 8 years.

[-] jcrm@kbin.social 5 points 2 years ago

Again, I don't care how you've voted. If you're considering voting for the cons with him in charge you're an idiot. Flat out. Conservatives only ever make things worse, every single time.

[-] i_r_weldr@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 years ago

[-] HikingVet@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 2 years ago

Aaannnd that doesn't apply here.

[-] Powerpoint@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 years ago

You're either Conservative or Canadian. Poilievre supported actual traitors to Canada. Fuck the domestic speculator who wants to make life harder for the working class.

[-] i_r_weldr@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 years ago

Dude last election the conservatives won the popular vote. You’re saying a third of Canadians aren’t… Canadian? Get out of your parents basement or whatever echo chamber you’re living in and see that there’s a lot more grey than the black and white you’re spitting. This is why people don’t take hard lefties seriously because of your absolute dogshit zealot takes.