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Quote"Are we a country that looks out for each other ... or do you go down a path of amplifying anger, division and fear?"
That's how Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau described the stakes in his country's upcoming election in an interview with Vox's Today, Explained this week — outlining the 2025 contest as no ordinary election but a referendum on the very soul of Canada.
This existential framing is an unsubtle shot at Trudeau's rival, Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre, a populist firebrand who is currently outpolling the prime minister by a wide margin. Poilievre rose to party leadership as a champion of the extremist trucker convoy that occupied Ottawa in January 2022, and since then has regularly pandered to far-right voters. He has proposed defunding the CBC (Canada's widely respected public broadcaster) and repeatedly promoted a conspiracy theory in which Trudeau is in league with the World Economic Forum.
There's a reason that Trudeau and many others have directly linked Poilievre to Trump: His political style practically invites it. But how accurate is the comparison? Is Canada really poised to be the next Western country to fall to the far-right populist global wave?
The answer, as best as I can tell, is mixed.
It's true that, by Canadian standards, Poilievre is an especially hard-nosed figure, one far more willing to use extreme rhetoric and attack political opponents in harsh terms.
But on policy substance, he's actually considerably more moderate than Trump or European radicals. Mostly eschewing the demagogic focus on culture and immigration that defines the new global far right, Poilievre is primarily concerned with classic conservative themes of limited government. His biggest campaign promises at present aren't slashing immigration rates or cracking down on crime, but building more housing and repealing Canada's carbon tax.
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