1/ Pierre Poilievre says he only learned about Diagolon a month ago. Yet, he was in the House of Commons on February 20th when Diagolon was described in debates no less than 3 times as being a possible violent threat. Was PP simply not paying attention or did he lie about never
2/ having heard of them? Which is more dangerous? A leader who doesn’t pay attention to threats facing the country or a leader who doesn’t care?
Remember: the context of that debate was The Emergencies Act, and whether Canada actually faced a violent threat.
At the very least,
3/3 Pierre should have done his research on Diagolon at that time. If he didn’t, he is incompetent. If he did, and later misled Canadians about it, then he is a liar.
Update: Diagolon was mentioned SIX TIMES over the course of the Commons debate regarding the Emergencies Act. Not only was he present, he actively participated in those debates.
🧵@PierrePoilievre says he only heard about Diagolon "about a month ago", however:
✅Pierre was in Commons when Diagolon was mentioned SIX TIMES during the debate over the Emergencies Act. That was in February.
✅In fact, he is directly addressed by NDP member @HMcPhersonMP 1/
@PierrePoilievre@HMcPhersonMP ✅ A description of the Diagolon group was entered into OFFICIAL EVIDENCE of "The Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security" on March 31st.
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✅After marching with James Topp, Pierre came under fire because of possible connections to Diagolon. It's undeniable that he is responding here to a question about Diagolon. This was July 7th. 3/
This Pierre Poilievre video is full of so much smug and smarmy faux-outrage that it was genuinely hard to watch. Nonetheless, I managed to hang in there and compose a list of blatant lies Pierre spewed forth. A thread. 🧵
Claim: "You said you want to phase out the energy sector!"
A lie. Pierre is intentionally conflating the oil and gas industry - one part of the energy sector - with the energy sector as a whole. The Trudeau government has committed millions to growing renewables.
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Claim: "You have said you want to cut back [farmers] fertilizer by 30%".
Truth: Pierre is confused or lying. The gov't wants to cut back *emissions* by 30%. Cutting back on fertilizer is one of many ways being discussed to accomplish that goal... but no plan has been made.
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