Pierre Poilievre's closing argument includes repeated references to the work of Policy Horizons, a government group charged with identifying risks to Canada's future. His willingness to weaponize their work is a choice -- and a warning. #cdnpoli www.nationalobserver.com/2025/04/25/o... - ThreadSky

maxfawcett.bsky.social • 5 days ago

Pierre Poilievre's closing argument includes repeated references to the work of Policy Horizons, a government group charged with identifying risks to Canada's future.

His willingness to weaponize their work is a choice -- and a warning. #cdnpoli

https://www.nationalobserver.com/2025/04/25/opinion/pierre-poilievre-dystopian-desperation

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whoarewekidding.bsky.social•5 days ago

In the end this is all they have. Their fear that if they can't oppress everyone they hate and claim everything for themselves or anyone tells them they are wrong the results will be apocalypse.

joanbaxter.bsky.social•5 days ago

Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston may not be backing Poilievre, and may appear from outside the province to be less polarizing, but he has also been using his super majority to assault democracy here. https://www.halifaxexaminer.ca/dismantling-democracy/premier-tim-houston-should-win-the-bald-faced-frontal-assault-on-press-freedom-prize/

davethompsonvic.bsky.social•5 days ago

The risks identified in the report are due in large part to political changes instituted by the conservative movement: inadequate action on climate change, asymmetric polarization, xenophobia, racism, growing authoritarianism, etc.

alisonweir.bsky.social•5 days ago

Thanks, Max. This one finally gave me the impetus to actually subscribe and install the app. Because we need you all to be there for us.

fightfascismnow.bsky.social•5 days ago

look at the sea of uneducated white faces in that crowd. it's like a jar of mayo dropped out of 10th grade, sad.

antifascistfella.bsky.social•5 days ago

Yep! And a ton of Eddie Bauer pants and shirts. And consider Ketchup "spicy"

socialdopamine.bsky.social•5 days ago

He knows this shit works on the conspiracy-brained reactionary right. Think about the mileage they got out of their bizarre misinterpretation of the WEF.
This suggests they're focusing on motivating the base instead of winning the growing demographic of 'never-trump'-style right wing Liberal voters.

socialdopamine.bsky.social•5 days ago

Which works, so long as the gen pop isn't motivated to vote, like with the Harris campaign. Trump won because his base voted harder than the Democrats' base.

alanbulley.bsky.social•5 days ago

References, or deliberate misrepresentations?

majestic-goose.bsky.social•5 days ago

If any of PP’s supporters bothered to read the report he’s referencing, they might see that he’s not proposing any solutions, and that his policies would only exacerbate the disruptions being hypothesized in the report, like climate change, misinformation and an inadequate social safety net.

jmitchelldalton.bsky.social•5 days ago

"The report lays out a bleak future in a world of constant climate chaos, something that Poilievre has somehow yet to mention."

fuzzywuzzyto.bsky.social•5 days ago

I love how he immediately followed his fearmongering by saying it's time for hope and that fearmongering must stop.

calder12.bsky.social•5 days ago

"Canadians are terrified to go outside"

"We must stop the fearmongering"

How does any rational human being take this guy seriously? Maybe that's it, rational human beings don't, but there aren't enough rational human beings?

persister.bsky.social•5 days ago

I know a lot of people that buy into it all. Never underestimate the effect of negative propaganda. The brain has a natural negativity bias, that’s why it works. The RW knows this.

bobdunkin.bsky.social•5 days ago

I've been terrified to go outside...lot's of people were. BUT we did anyways...that snow wasn't going to shovel itself!
*Seriously...there was 3 feet of snow and I only had 4 tylenol left!

fuzzywuzzyto.bsky.social•5 days ago

Good grief! When was that?

bobdunkin.bsky.social•5 days ago

End Nov I think? Maybe early December. First accumulation of the season...something like 34.5"...pretty light though. IIRC the math worked out to something like 15 - 18" of 'normal' snowfall based on 'liquid equivalent'.

queerthoughts.bsky.social•5 days ago

Pierre Pollievre is not qualified to be Prime Minister of a G-7 country, one of the ten biggest economies in the world.

Think about that.

A G-7 country, led by Pollievre.

We don't need that!

jimmyleg.bsky.social•5 days ago

Sounds like Project 2025 with a hint of maple syrup.

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