He's not interested in being a part of the government unless he's the one in charge.
this post was submitted on 26 Jan 2025
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Hey, I remember this guy from group projects in HS - he's the worst.
Then why did he spend his entire career in government?
He spent about half his career in government. Much of it has been spent in opposition.
He spent nearly half his life in government as an elected official. He has been involved in politics since he was 21, and was in university before that. He is literally a career politician.
When referring to MPs, "in government" refers to being part of the governing party. He is a career politician, landlord, and attack dog, but the Canadian electorate has only chosen his party to lead three times. He has spent a majority of his career yelling from the sidelines.
attack dog
Calling him an attack dog suggests that he has a bite. He's all yap and as tough as wet paper-towel.
Attack dog is an unofficial role in political parties:
An βattack dogβ in politics is a person, usually a politician or a political operative, who is designated to aggressively challenge and criticize the opposition.
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They are often tasked with the responsibility of delivering negative messages or criticisms that a candidate or party leader may not want to deliver personally, in order to maintain a more positive public image.
He has done this in the past and been effective at it. His successful (unjustified) criticism of the Liberals carbon tax implementation is a great example of that: he managed to frame public perception of the rebate, despite heaps of evidence to the contrary.
Shitting on Poilievre is fine and fun, but it ignores the reality that his party has successfully framed a number of debates in the past. Assuming Carney wins the Liberal leadership, it's a significant obstacle to him winning the next federal election.
"in government" refers to being part of the governing party
It most certainly does not. Outside of campaigns, there is no such thing as "liberal" government, or "conservative" government. There's just "the government".
The official opposition is a part of the government. And ESPECIALLY in a minority parliament, all parties negotiate and compromise to get shit done because no one party has the votes to pass something on their own. That's literally how government works.
The official opposition is a part of the government.
From the House of Commons website:
- The leader of the party having the support of the majority of the Members of the House of Commons is asked by the Governor General to form a government and becomes the Prime Minister;
- The party, or parties, opposed to the government is called the opposition (the largest of these parties is referred to as the βofficialβ opposition);
For the same reason most politicians get into it; Its the best position to be in if you're looking to get your palms greased.
I've heard his obsession has been getting rid of the CBC, historically.
He's got a grudge for Rick Mercer making fun of him for having a full pension at 31 after 6 years in office.
15 years ago.
Poilievre figured out that you don't need to pass laws to be a successful politician. All you have to do is go viral on social media for hot takes and owning the libs.
TBF they've all figured that out. He's just pretty good at it, and lucked into becoming leader right as the other party is weak.
His purpose is probably to implement as many austerity measures as he thinks he can get away with in return for financial kickbacks from the wealthy.
He's just prying the door open for Nazis in Canada. He's got no other purpose.
He is the nazi.
He wants to be PM. Like Trudeau, Harper, Martin, Chretien, and the other forty-ish people who held office. As well as Freeland, Carney, etc.
The guy isn't likeable, and I think his policy positions are bad for the country, but wanting to be PM isn't a bad thing.