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Ian Pattison

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A remarkable change is developing in Canadian politics. With Carney in charge, Liberals move close to once-dominant Conservatives in voter preference

A remarkable change is developing in Canadian politics. With Carney in charge, Liberals move close to once-dominant Conservatives in voter preference

OH, what a difference a year makes. At this time in 2024, Pierre Poilievre’s Conservatives led the moribund Liberals by a decisive 47 per cent to 20. Many, if not most Canadians had resigned themselves to the seeming certainty that we’d get a perpetually angry prime minister who thinks this country is “broken.” A young career politician who would “axe”...

  • 2025-02-22
  • — The Chronicle-Journal
‘Carbon tax’ facts misunderstood. Poilievre plays with fire and rain in frantic bid to convert climate change denial into Canadian leadership

‘Carbon tax’ facts misunderstood. Poilievre plays with fire and rain in frantic bid to convert climate change denial into Canadian leadership

‘EVERYBODY talks about the weather, but nobody does anything about it.” That’s some Mark Twain humour to describe a recurring problem that remains unsolved. There is not much that’s funny about the weather any more. This brings us to Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre’s desperate desire for a “carbon tax election.” Good idea, just not the one he envisions...

  • 2024-09-21
  • — The Chronicle-Journal
Pierre Poilievre doesn’t have anything nice to say. The Conservative leader is toxic and it’s infecting public discourse

Pierre Poilievre doesn’t have anything nice to say. The Conservative leader is toxic and it’s infecting public discourse

WHAT IS CANADA coming to? It’s a question in most people’s minds, fueled largely by the cost of living and by social upheaval in a globalized world where getting along is a quaint memory. Are things as bad as they seem? That depends on who you talk to. And if you talk to Pierre Poilievre, well, things are about as...

  • 2024-05-04
  • — The Chronicle-Journal