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Pierre: "I've already ordered all of our Conservative MPs, Senators, and our staff, to stay away from TikTok all together...by the hostile regime in Beijing." (files.catbox.moe)

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[+] [email protected] 45 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (3 children)

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 3 months ago (1 children)

There can be (and is) more than on hostile regime in the world.

[+] [email protected] 9 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Most people, and all institutions can focus on more than one thing at a time.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago

Mate, one is LITERALLY and repeatedly threatening to invade us. Yes, we can do multiple things at once but one should be way higher on the agenda to deal with

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago

Ok so when is he going to instruct his people to not be around any american social media? this issue here is that the US is the larger threat to canada but is being ignored because of red scare propoganda

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

While that's true, where are all of Poilievre's statements in the Trump anexation comments? I've seen a ton of responses from a ton of politicians but none from him?

Genuine question, though. I'm not on a lot of social media, and of course my interests have a bias, but I still find it strange that I've seen clear statements from so many politicians across the spectrum and none worth putting on the front page from Polievere? Did the CPC PR team just suddenly take a break when this happened? Where's all the fervent, "Canada first" rhetoric when Trump is making claims on Canadian soil?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I think they're hoping Musk will buy Quebec.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Thanks, I hate it. That entire premise made me retch a little.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

That's the big thing. Politicians/media programming Canadians that everything the US empire wants is "because they love the world", or actually, anything the US empire wants, is certain to help the US economic extortion campaign against Canada. The only option is fatigue and eventual capitulation. Canada having meetings with China/Russia is path to a more neutral stance that will let US woo Canada to return to its current subjugation level.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I'm glad that Pierre is dumb enough to start fights with people who don't really care about him.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 months ago (2 children)

No one cares about him.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Man, I wish that were true, but let's be real: he's set up to be the next PM if he can just walk it in. We should probably take him seriously.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (2 children)

The thing about Canadian politics is that the opposition starts with a huge lead that is theirs to lose. They do have a massive lead, but they also aren't running against anyone yet. I fully expect that once there's an alternative PP's numbers will drop. Hopefully by a lot.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Heh. This reminds me of another recent election.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

The spread is already down to 11 points. Hopefully the choices the Liberals and other parties make can narrow this further.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I'd be pretty okay with a Conservative minority. In fact, it might be ideal. It'd give Poilievre the time to soak the blame without the power necessary to work towards dismantling freedom of speech.

I'm sure the environment would still suffer as a result, but that'd probably happen in any size of Liberal or Conservative government.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

I think it’s a best case scenario. TBH I’d rather never have a majority government so they always need to bargain and deal to make stuff happen.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

We can take him seriously without caring about him.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago

In this context he was seemingly India's guy

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/patrick-brown-india-rempel-garner-poilievre-conservative-leadership-1.7397282

Then by rhetoric pretty he's been parroting what Russia has been paying people to put out about Canada.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

I used to worry for my friends in Japan with North Korea but now having the current US administration next to us is worse.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago

Broken Clocks