Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has been hitting the summer barbecue circuit with ramped-up rhetoric around debunked claims that the World Economic Forum is attempting to impose its agenda on sovereign governments.
It is, some experts suggest, another sign that some conspiracy theories are moving from the fringes of the internet to mainstream thinking, as people’s distrust of government grows.
You’re either Conservative or you’re Canadian now. Even the Bloc Québécois supports Canadians and Canadian workers more than the Conservatives.
No platform.
Christofascist virtue signaling.
Culture wars.
Support from white supremacists.
Nope, I’m not voting for them.
Crazy, right wing conspiracy theories from the US?
I’m fucking in! Sign me up!
I’m a casual follower of politics. If an article like this pops up on my (formerly Reddit) Lemmy home feed I’ll often give it a scan.
Maybe someone who pays more attention can correct me but it seems that when PP makes a statement that’s conspiratorial he’ll refuse to answer questions about it. Am I wrong about that? Does he ever answer difficult questions or even try to dodge them without a script?
Whether he holds those views himself or not is hard to nail down. My best guess is that he’s likely pandering for votes. Playing it smart by keeping the door open but being noncommittal.
It reminds me of the homophobic shirt guy he took a photo with. He said later he disagrees with the message, but if he sees no problem publicly making nice with a person wearing it that is itself dangerous.
It’s almost as if he studied Trump and learned from his mistakes and is trying to reproduce what Trump did.
I was a member of the federal PC party back in the 1980s. Supported both of Mulroney’s campaigns and even voted for Kim Campbell. Later I supported Peter McKay until he sold the party out.
The federal party always had a ‘bozo factor’ of radical, right-wing populists. After the merger, the moderates were basically driven off. The only ones left are the right-wing nutters and soulless opportunists. I’m not sure which best describes Ferret-face.
After the merger
Paper merger, maybe, but there was never a real merger. The moderates weren’t driven off, they just had nowhere to go when their party died.
“Mainstream conspiracy theories….”
How is this even a thing?
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has been hitting the summer barbecue circuit with ramped-up rhetoric around debunked claims that the World Economic Forum is attempting to impose its agenda on sovereign governments.
In speeches to Conservative supporters across Canada, Poilievre has promised that none of his ministers will attend the international organization’s conferences, including the annual meeting typically held in Davos, Switzerland.
His spokesperson instead pointed The Canadian Press to a clip of him at a rally in Penticton, B.C., in July, expressing concerns over the government invading people’s personal privacy and financial decisions.
“There will be no mandatory digital ID in this country, and I will ban all of my ministers and top government officials from any involvement in the World Economic Forum,” Poilievre said, chuckling as he received lengthy applause for the remark.
Last winter, a conspiracy theory circulating on social media suggested Trudeau was going to require provinces to sign on to digital ID systems for their residents in order to get billions in new health-care funding.
Poilievre peddled the WEF control claims during the Conservative leadership race in 2022, and it has emerged again as a regular talking point following the federal byelection in southern Manitoba, said Bratt.
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