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Pierre Poilievre's speech aboard WestJet flight sparks strong reaction online (calgary.ctvnews.ca)
submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/canada
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Videos of it were posted on social media feeds Monday, resulting in both support for the opposition party leader and questions about whether it was appropriate for a party leader to speak on a public flight, as the flight was not a charter exclusively for Conservative Party supporters.

A WestJet spokesperson, replying to an email from CTV News, said that while it was a public flight, it was actually added in order to accommodate delegates flying to the Conservative Party convention in Quebec City.

"The flight was added to our schedule and advertised as a flight serving the CPC convention. As it was a commercial flight however, guests who booked the flight were not required to indicate if they were attending the convention and therefore we are unable to determine if there were guests onboard who were not attending.

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[–] corsicanguppy 48 points 2 years ago (1 children)

imagine being mad about a flight you weren't even on

As if we need to be specifically immediately affected by a really bad idea before we can see it's a bad idea.

What, is Object Permanence a challenge for this Jennifer person?

[–] MapleEngineer 34 points 2 years ago

I mean...Conservatives are upset about who people that they don't even know are having sex with, what women they don't even know are doing with their bodies, who is reading stories in libraries to children they don't even know, etc so there is that.

[–] [email protected] 34 points 2 years ago (1 children)

...we are unable to determine if there were guests onboard who were not attending.

If you can't determine this don't give a fucking bullhorn to a fucking psychopath whose message may be offensive to your paying fucking customers you fucking cretins!

[–] BedSharkPal 19 points 2 years ago

This seems like it shouldn't be legal...

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 years ago

Excellent, WESTJET has an open mic policy!!! This will never bite them in the ass...

[–] avidamoeba 16 points 2 years ago

As a non-con this makes me feel a bit queasy towards WestJet.

[–] Ulrich_the_Old 12 points 2 years ago (1 children)

If you like donald trump and hate women and people of colour the CPC under the leadership of Squinty McProudBoy are your people.

[–] m3m3lord 0 points 2 years ago

It is great to criticize someone like Pierre for all of the corruption he is part of, lies he confidently says, and plans he proposes that don't solve anything. But why make fun of how he looks? It doesn't speak at all to their moral character and it propagates the idea that it is somehow wrong to look the way you do.

[–] frostbiker 11 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Next time I fly WestJet I will rehearse my stand-up routine, given the precedent they have set. I'm sure they will allow me.

[–] TheTactfulSaboteur 11 points 2 years ago

Imagine the conservative uproar if this was JT. They would be absolutely losing their shit.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago

So, I could hurl questions at him from my seat? …Since he’s just an ordinary guy talking on a mic reserved for airline staff.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago

What a fucking asshole