Pierre Poilievre is the latest iteration in the long history of ‘Made in Canada’ populism
“dictator oil,” even though we don’t import much from Saudi Arabia. Nevertheless, “taking dollars from dictators and turning them into paycheques for our people” has a nice ring to it. Too bad it isn’t true.Mr. Poilievre may be late to the populist party but he’s not just following American conservatives; he is the newest iteration in a long history of “Made in Canada” populism.
Quebec too has had its own dance with populism, first with the Créditistes of the 1950s and then with René Lévesque’s campaign to nationalize American-owned hydro power in the 1960s. In the 1980s and 90s he led a populist sovereignty movement that almost broke the country. Donald Trump’s “fake news” narrative has made startling inroads in Canada. Abacus Data recently completedin which 44 per cent of respondents agreed with the statement that “much of the information we receive from news organizations is false.” Even more worrying, more than a third of respondents believe the racist conspiracy that “there is a group of people in this country who are trying to replace native-born Canadians with immigrants.
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