Canada is not broken — but Pierre Poilievre’s approach is

Opinion

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The Christmas season is usually a time for giving, warmth and cheer. But that message doesn’t seem to have gotten through to Canada’s leader of the official Opposition, who is doing his best imitation of the Grinch. Canada, according to Pierre Poilievre, is “broken” — and apparently only he can fix it.

Whether it’s inflation, rising gasoline prices (which have since plummeted) or Canada’s precarious housing market, Poilievre lays the blame entirely at the feet of Justin Trudeau. Never mind, for the moment, that these exact same pressures — rising energy and food costs and the impact of interest rate hikes by central banks — are being felt in the United States, the United Kingdom and all of western Europe; countries that aren’t governed by Trudeau’s Liberals. This year, as families gather for the holiday season, Poilievre wants people to remember one thing: it’s all Trudeau’s fault.

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