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Canada Kid

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6. Poilievre aka Donald Trump
Tue Apr 29, 2025, 10:49 AM
Apr 29

One of the main reasons Poilievre lost is because when rightwing truckers, white supremist groups, and self righteous whackjobs blockaded the streets in Ottawa outside the Parliament, Poilievre was standing with them...laughing, shaking hands, showing support and making speeches. The was Canada's equivalent of Jan 6 debacle in Washinton DC. That act along damaged his reputation in the eyes of many Conservatives, yet he managed to push on and gain popularity throughout the country. Yet his biggest blow came when Ontario's Doug Ford gave him the cold shoulder continuously throughout the campaign, thus shifting Ontario, a Conservative stronghold, to the Liberal Party. His belligerent, short tempered, fingerpointing, insulting attitude, modelled on the likes of Donald Trump, did not go well with Canadians. He did not even win his own riding, which gives him a serious problem to be able to continue as leader. Good riddance to this jerk!

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