Poilievre tests the limits of populist flim-flam with his pitch to Canada’s workers

The current version of the strategy is to capitalize on the crushed dreams of middle-class prosperity, and the horrendous income inequality the whole right-wing approach to socio-economic decision-making caused.

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre stems from a conservative tradition that has been striving for decades to reduce the supports and services that help working people and lower-income Canadians achieve better outcomes, writes Les Whittington. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY LES WHITTINGTON

December 6, 2023

OTTAWA—Well, you can’t say Pierre Poilievre doesn’t have a sense of humour.

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