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ploot@lemmy.blahaj.zone to CanadaPolitics@lemmy.caEnglish · 3 months ago

Pierre Poilievre Wants Radical Austerity for Canada

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Pierre Poilievre Wants Radical Austerity for Canada

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Conservative Pierre Poilievre’s politics aren’t just about populism — they’re grounded in Milton Friedman’s radical vision of free markets. If he is elected prime minister, Poilievre promises a Canada where the welfare state is “out of business.”
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  • Tm12@lemmy.ca
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    3 months ago

    Gotta wonder if Harper still has any influence over him.

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      Well he won’t undergo a background check to get security clearance so I guess we’ll never know who is pulling his strings!

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        If he does, he’ll have to pay attention to intel about how the US, and foreign influence is working to get him elected.

        If I don’t know, I can’t be accountable.

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      You KNOW Harper is still active behind the curtain.

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        Indeed; there’s no doubt about it. He’s chairman of the IDU, which works hard to advance right-leaning policies worldwide.

        https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Democracy_Union

        In January, he did say that Trump’s threats aren’t the words of “a friend,” so let’s hope he is working FOR our national interests…

        (https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-donald-trump-canada-stephen-harper/)

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        I saw Harper doing some kind of podcast interview recently and the comments were astroturfed to the fucking moon.

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    Little trump jr.

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    So basically, anything that government is doing that corporations could do, he’s arguing that they should be doing, “because freedom”.

    I’m unconvinced that with more libertarian economic policies, I will feel more “free”, and that this supposed freedom will make my life better.

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      Look how well it’s working in the USA! I don’t understand Canadians who look at the swindling, oppressive, exploitative fascist shitshow over there and decide Canada should be more like that.

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      Freedom is being able to have basic services necessary for society to function without getting fucked over for profit.

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    WTF is this obsession with taking from those who have or get least?

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      “The more we let you have the less that I’ll be keeping for me”

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    Not Canadian but have a suggestion: throw him to the sea.

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    I have a bad feeling he is going to win.

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      Before it was a foregone conclusion. With Trudeau gone, and with Trump now president there does seem to be some hope.

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    Interesting how all of this austerity stuff is pretty in line with Elon Musk eh?

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    Maybe stop calling it the thing they keep calling it.

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    Didn’t he used to wear glasses

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      Yep. He reformed his image after everyone called him Milhouse. Now he tries to be a swaggering big man. Still no actual policies to help people though. He’s more about the complaining and hurting people who are already hurting. See also: Republicans.

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    @ploot

    Just drink piss, Pierre. Drink piss, all day long. It’s the only useful thing you can do at this point.

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      @Jorsh @ploot at least it would shut him up for a bit, the moron.

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