Poilievre: ‘I Like To Count … 1 … 2 … 3’
No they aren’t.
Your agent asked in a Citizen editorial board meeting what now-Tory leader Pierre Poilievre had for experience in the private sector. Poilievre sat there for a minute before he could answer. The correct answer is he doesn’t have any. Poilievre is a life-long pol. Those are common as dirt.
The fact of the matter is that he doesn’t have any. The Tory leader graduated from the University of Calgary with a BA in international relations. He then went on to being a political assistant and then shortly after university an MP and has been an MP ever since. Poilievre received a government pension at age 31.
Likely Liberal leader candidate Mark Carney has a BA in economics from Harvard, an MA and PhD in the same from Oxford, worked for Goldman Sachs, was the governor of the Bank of Canada and the same at the Bank of England, saw Canada through the Great Recession and Britain through Brexit. And yes he is an executive with Brookfield.
Poilievre immerses himself in the market economy but what he knows of it is from books. No word if those books have pictures and feature the Count from Sesame Street. Poilievre is abrasive. And his stand on the private sector makes him a phony. Simple as that. He’s never lived it like most Canadians.
Your agent would have no qualms whatsoever in supporting Carney as prime minister during these trying economic and political times.
On the other hand, your agent would have no qualms whatsoever in supporting Poilievre as chief House of Commons attack puppy.
Ken Gray
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Thanks for bringing the Count out of the closet. Is he going to be the Rhino Party’s candidate for PM? Has he declared his candidacy yet or is he waiting to make the announcement on Sesame Street as he’s being interviewed by Kermit? If he decides to run, he’s my choice.
“Poilievre received a government pension at age 31.”
He hasn’t ‘received’ the pension. He became eligible for it, like all other parlaimentarians, as soon as he had served six years as an MP which would have been in 2010. However, he can’t collect that pension until he turns 55.
*parliamentarians. Some words you just can’t misspell and not correct!
The Voter:
Still sounds cushy.
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kgray
Ken,
Never said I agreed with it but them’s the facts. At least when he loses the upcoming election, we’ll know he only has to find another source of income for ten years before he can retire on our dime.
Some like Poilievre and some don’t. At least he can string a couple of words together unlike JT.
Interesting that Mark Carney was/is an advisor to JT and his lofty Liberals all the while his company was/is lobbying for $10 billion …. ?
And M. Carney has lived like most Canadians?
While Carney may have done a great job steering Canada through the Great Recession of 2008/09 it was with the Harper’s Conservative government of which Poilievre was a member. And while Carney may have real private sector experience, unlike Poilievre, an important part of being a PM is also to have parliamentary experience of which Carney has none. Even for someone as experienced and as senior as Carney, being PM should not be an entry level position. This is particularly true if the next leader of the Liberals has to also rebuild and remold the party into something more acceptable to most Canadians. Since it is unlikely the Liberals could win the next election regardless of who leads them, Carney will have an opportunity to learn Parliament and rebuild the Liberal party as leader of the opposition. Assuming he sticks around if he doesn’t win.
Lorne:
I look at the two men and it is obvious who has the most ability and common sense.
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kgray
I’m with you Ken.
PP is fast becoming a joke in the context of the existential threat from south of the border.
Today’s Quisling show at the meeting of the first Ministers tells me he will be even less effective now that Smith has shown her disdain for all of Canada in the absence of PP even trying to emulate the statesmanship shown by his former boss for the future occupant of the White House.
I couldn’t agree more with you, Ken. Competence should count when choosing who represents our country, especially at a time of sustained major international tension. While Carney hasn’t “lived like most Canadians” (whatever that means), he clearly has held positions with lots of responsibility and international exposure. The man can think on his feet, speak clearly in language Canadians understand and will be able to meet any world leader at eye level.
usi
Poilievre hasn’t lived like most Canadians either. Cloistered in the Parliament Buildings for almost all of his working life.
Devoid of real world experience unlike most Canadians.
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kgray