Thread by @mini_bubbly

Countdown - the many reasons why Poilievre is not fit to be Prime Minister

1. Poilievre is attacking and bullying the Speaker of the House - Canada

https://twitter.com/SmartyrNow/status/1653496469389824030?s=20

2. Poilievre and his members continue to attack the PM - he uses bullying tactics on a daily basis

https://twitter.com/mini_bubbly/status/1653054724202004488?s=20

3. Poilievre under Stephen Harper raised the retirement age to 67 and PMJT reversed it, it was scheduled to start this month - he lies when he states he wants to help Canadians

https://twitter.com/KamalKheraLib/status/1651702991248916482?s=20

4. Poilievre states that he dislikes big government 'gatekeepers' but his shadow ministers under the CPC are almost double the amount of the Liberal govt in power. Look at the salaries for last quarter of 2022.

Link here: pentictonherald.ca/spare_news/art…

5. Poilievre will and manipulate his followers into believing his propaganda, all for power. Don't believe what you read or hear, he is usually lying.

https://twitter.com/JonathanWNV/status/1651769742846205952?s=20

6. Poilievre consistently states that workers don't have jobs in Canada - this is a lie - About 830,000 more Canadians are employed compared to the pre-pandemic period, and at just 5%, the unemployment rate is near its record low of 4.9% budget.canada.ca/2023/report-ra…

7. Poilievre under Harper consistently abused worker's rights and were anti union and they still don't fight for fair wages
Tweet here:

https://twitter.com/pressprogress/status/1651574826610352128?s=20

CPC tried to block the repeal here: cbc.ca/news/politics/…

News article here:
thetyee.ca/Opinion/2015/0…

8. When the PM went on a business trip to the US to meet with the UN task force and the Global Summit for women's reproductive Health, he made fun of it, calling it a vacation. This is NOT allowed in the HOC.

https://twitter.com/mini_bubbly/status/1651349423182561282?s=20

9. Poilievre and the rest of the CPC party have voted against help for Seniors, Child Care and Dental and stated they would repeal all agreements if they came to power

https://twitter.com/mini_bubbly/status/1551937013364015106?s=20

10. This news article calls BS on Poilievre’s ‘so called’ data and comments. #PoilievreIsLying Pierre Poilievre is exploiting public safety fears to troll for law-and-order votes | Canadian Lawyer

canadianlawyermag.com/news/opinion/p…

11. Poilievre called the Volkswagon deal bad for Canada when it will bring Billions to Canada's economy in Revenue

https://twitter.com/mini_bubbly/status/1649504557674770432?s=20

12. Poilievre and other CPC members advertise on a Racist website

https://twitter.com/mini_bubbly/status/1649411420352569346?s=20

13. Poilievre and the CPC continue to follow the same path as Stephen Harper - and we all know how that turned out

https://twitter.com/mini_bubbly/status/1649380382746312709?s=20

14. Poilievre and the CPC party lie about defense spending under Harper and Trudeau - here are the facts

https://twitter.com/mini_bubbly/status/1649110914384134154?s=20

15. Poilievre will continue to misinform the public for personal gain - this is propaganda

https://twitter.com/mini_bubbly/status/1649077341702766595?s=20

16. Poilievre's statement of propaganda or bias from CBC is BS according to these graphs. Read this whole thread.

https://twitter.com/Martin_Lukacs/status/1648386540773560321?s=20

17. The CBC is not 100% govt funded - as per Poilievre and the CBC (fyi Poilievre still bashes the CBC even though Stephen Harper appoint the Board of Directors himself - Conservative aligned)

Remember this article about the CBC and Harper cronies nationalobserver.com/2015/10/01/opi…

18. Poilievre declines background security checks for Top Secret / Classified intel within Parliament

https://twitter.com/roulinski/status/1647199648757567495?s=20

19. Poilievre lies about chain of events surrounding David Johnston and his appointment with the Trudeau Foundation - which he left when appointed Special Rapporteur

https://twitter.com/mini_bubbly/status/1646484156359090176?s=20

20. Allan Rock's interview about Poilievre and his attacks against the PET Foundation

https://twitter.com/mini_bubbly/status/1646658276061323266?s=20

21. Poilievre and other CPC members aligned themselves with extremists and the convoy members who cost Canada's economy billions in lost Revenue
Article here: ctvnews.ca/politics/winte…

Thread of CPC members who met or supported the occupation

https://twitter.com/mini_bubbly/status/1496124826074898433?s=20

22. Poilievre is consistently late to the game, states that he will make sure Canada will have a Canada wide credential system for healthcare - this is already being done in Provinces in Canada

https://twitter.com/mini_bubbly/status/1637755996125683715?s=20

23. Poilievre states he would go after Big Pharma, but this is already being done - Class Action suit started in BC - Federal government added recently - again, he's late to the game

https://twitter.com/Carolyn_Bennett/status/1635784399491833856?s=20

24. Poilievre attacked the Federal Govt stating several Veteran's Affairs workers were offering Maid to Veteran's - this was in fact done by one employee only and they have since been fired #Misinformation #Propaganda

https://twitter.com/mini_bubbly/status/1634252944794066962?s=20

25. Poilievre consistently attacks the govt regarding Healthcare $$, the Liberal govt Healthcare spending is among the highest in the OECD for Universal/spending/GDP, but Provinces were NOT using the Healthcare transfer $$ for actual healthcare

https://twitter.com/mini_bubbly/status/1630237122866343938?s=20

26. Poilievre and other CPC members met with far-right Israeli property developer who has advocated violence against Palestinians

https://twitter.com/mini_bubbly/status/1600594901896413184?s=20

27. Poilievre's party members vote against Canadian's rights by using the #notwithstandingclause to pass laws

https://twitter.com/MarkGerretsen/status/1587890624577130496?s=20

28. Poilievre used hidden misogynistic hashtags on his youtube channel to promote his videos

https://twitter.com/mini_bubbly/status/1578020731098578946?s=20

29. Poilievre's lies about the crime severity index

https://twitter.com/ElkeBabiuk/status/1653811849689956352?s=20

30. Poilievre is incapable of being a leader - this article screenshot was from 2013 Link here: torontosun.com/2013/07/15/pip…

(note click show replies to show more tweets in this thread #31 and onward) as they are added

31. Pierre Poilievre Is a Symptom of the Conservatives’ Sickness

The party remains under the Harperites’ spell — or curse.

thetyee.ca/Analysis/2022/…

32. Pierre Poilievre: a working-class hero in his own mind

hilltimes.com/story/2023/05/…

33. Canadians should look closely at U.S. shambles before endorsing Poilievre’s Republican-style populism

hilltimes.com/story/2023/04/…

34. Note to Poilievre: politics of personal destruction can only go so far

hilltimes.com/story/2023/04/…

35. Poilievre Blamed Climate Taxes While Big Oil Guzzled Profits #Hypocrisy

thetyee.ca/Analysis/2022/…

36. Poilievre’s Failed Fix for Rising Costs (note the web link name when you click the link 🤣) 🦆

We should not be too surprised, then, to see the legacy of this outdated economic policy living on in members of the Conservative Party of Canada.

thetyee.ca/Analysis/2022/…

37. Poilievre dons populist mantra, serves corporate Canada not workers. (must read)

The Conservative leader is actually the anti-populist: instead of championing the interests of working people, he routinely crushes those interests.

rabble.ca/columnists/poi…

38. Poilievre's war on the media has only just begun and it's getting worse - with those attacks - death threats to journalists by his followers

nationalobserver.com/2022/09/13/opi…

39. Poilievre rejects responsibility for his toxic politics

Bernie Farber, chair of the Canadian AntiHate Network stated he believed that Poilievre was a danger to the country.

rabble.ca/politics/canad…

40. Poilievre delivers speech to a group criticized for residential school 'denialism'

cbc.ca/news/politics/…

41. Poilievre touts investing in Cryptocurrency but, families and investors are losing everything

Link here: cbc.ca/news/politics/…

2nd link here: cbc.ca/news/politics/…

42. Why Pierre Poilievre’s Video Attacking Safe Supply is Misleading and Dangerous

The leader of the Conservative Party is presenting dangerous misinformation about BC’s overdose crisis.

pressprogress.ca/why-pierre-poi…

43. Pierre Poilievre Claims He’s a Friend of the ‘Working Class’. He’s Spent Years Attacking Canadian Workers.

Poilievre has pushed hard for US-style ‘Right-to-Work’ laws and defended the temporary foreign worker program as Stephen Harper’s jobs minister.
pressprogress.ca/pierre-poiliev…

44. Pierre Poilievre is Proposing a ‘Massive Government Intrusion’ into Academic Freedom, Academics Warn

Canadian universities already have significant ‘free speech’ protections thanks to existing collective agreements

pressprogress.ca/pierre-poiliev…

45. Pierre Poilivere Went On a Podcast Hosted by a Guy Who Compares Central Banking to Slavery and Nazi Germany

pressprogress.ca/pierre-poilive…

46. Poilievre accused the government today of killing people. There is no bottom for this guy. His behaviour is disgusting.

https://twitter.com/markgerretsen/status/1658557090242215938

47. Poilievre actually accused the Federal govt of starting the Alberta wildfires in HOC. This is reprehensible and disgusting behaviour.

https://twitter.com/DevinShat/status/1657286494200152065

48. Poilievre is disrespectful of the govt office he holds, this type of message is extremely unprofessional & craven, this reminds me of the former guy in the US and yes, I said it. He sounds just like him. He is dangerous for Canada and would be laughed at on the world stage.

49. Poilievre is not fit to lead the CPC Party

https://twitter.com/mini_bubbly/status/1659172883229179907?s=20

/50 Quote: "@PierrePoilievre is carving out new territory here, at least by Canadian standards. He seems to have untethered himself completely from the verifiable facts on some pretty important issues

https://twitter.com/profbenperrin/status/1659656752433086465

/51 Poilievre is unit to lead anything

https://twitter.com/mini_bubbly/status/1660620245713711105