Tories’ anti-WEF attacks little more than an ‘us versus them’ campaign

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre's anti-World Economic Forum stance is not the manifestation of a 'fringe' conspiracy viewpoint. Rather, it’s just a mundane political tactic.

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre's attacks on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the World Economic Forum effectively mix an 'us versus them' political ploy with a little bit of 'guilt by association,' writes Gerry Nicholls.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY GERRY NICHOLLS

August 23, 2023

OAKVILLE, ONT.—One of the worst insults in politics these days is to call somebody a “conspiracy theorist.”

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