Online business website Bloomberg has published an article saying Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre is far right and the trucker protests across Canada saw people engage in violence. .“What’s noteworthy isn’t so much that the opposition is gaining at a time of general discontent,” said Bloomberg in a Sunday story. .“It’s that it’s doing so with a candidate so openly associated with the far right who’s drawing support from left-leaning young voters opposed to vaccine mandates.”.The story said a Conservative leader in Canada has to shift to the centre to win and govern. It said former prime minister Stephen Harper had this approach, but former Conservative leaders Andrew Scheer and Erin O’Toole copied him and failed. .The story went on to say Poilievre “offers no centrist message.” It added he supported the trucker protests, and it falsely claimed some of them turned violent. .Despite government-funded media reports Ottawa was almost in a state of anarchy, police statistics showed street crime fell since the start of the Freedom Convoy. .READ MORE: Street crime drops in Ottawa during Freedom Convoy.“We are here out of love for our families, our communities and our nation,” said Freedom Convoy co-organizer Tamara Lich. .Lich said the protestors were “average, peace-loving and law-abiding citizens from all walks of life” and disputed claims the blockade was lawless..Bloomberg said Poilievre has emboldened political polarization by vowing to fire the Bank of Canada governor for stoking inflation. It said Poilievre is wrong to condemn the World Economic Forum and bar his cabinet ministers from going to its events. .The article said what Poilievre is doing is “unfamiliar in the placid waters of Canadian politics and has led many in the liberal strongholds of Toronto and Ottawa to compare Poilievre to Trump.”.The best analogy, it said, to Poilievre is Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. .It said Poilievre and Trudeau are similar because they were the same age when they rose to power and are polarizing figures who preach Canadian exceptionalism. .“His version stresses individual freedom, limited government, and deregulation—making Canada ‘the freest nation on Earth’ — rather than central planning and environmental responsibility,” it said. .This is what the Western Standard is up againstThe Trudeau government is funding lies and propaganda by directly subsidizing the mainstream media. They do this to entrench the powerful Eastern, woke and corrupt interests that dominate the political, social and economic institutions in Canada. Federal authorities are constantly trying to censor us and stop us from publishing the stories that they don’t want you to read. Ottawa may weaponize our taxes and police against us, but we’ve got a powerful ally on our side.You. Free men, and free women. We need you to stand with us and become a member of the Western Standard. Here’s what you will get for your membership:Unlimited access to all articles from the Western Standard, Alberta Report, West Coast Standard, and Saskatchewan Standard, with no paywall. Our daily newsletter delivered to your inbox. .Access to exclusive Member-only WS events.Keep the West’s leading independent media voice strong and free.If you can, please support us with a monthly or annual membership. It takes just a moment to set up, and you will be making a big impact on keeping one the last independent media outlets in Canada free from Ottawa’s corrupting influence.
Online business website Bloomberg has published an article saying Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre is far right and the trucker protests across Canada saw people engage in violence. .“What’s noteworthy isn’t so much that the opposition is gaining at a time of general discontent,” said Bloomberg in a Sunday story. .“It’s that it’s doing so with a candidate so openly associated with the far right who’s drawing support from left-leaning young voters opposed to vaccine mandates.”.The story said a Conservative leader in Canada has to shift to the centre to win and govern. It said former prime minister Stephen Harper had this approach, but former Conservative leaders Andrew Scheer and Erin O’Toole copied him and failed. .The story went on to say Poilievre “offers no centrist message.” It added he supported the trucker protests, and it falsely claimed some of them turned violent. .Despite government-funded media reports Ottawa was almost in a state of anarchy, police statistics showed street crime fell since the start of the Freedom Convoy. .READ MORE: Street crime drops in Ottawa during Freedom Convoy.“We are here out of love for our families, our communities and our nation,” said Freedom Convoy co-organizer Tamara Lich. .Lich said the protestors were “average, peace-loving and law-abiding citizens from all walks of life” and disputed claims the blockade was lawless..Bloomberg said Poilievre has emboldened political polarization by vowing to fire the Bank of Canada governor for stoking inflation. It said Poilievre is wrong to condemn the World Economic Forum and bar his cabinet ministers from going to its events. .The article said what Poilievre is doing is “unfamiliar in the placid waters of Canadian politics and has led many in the liberal strongholds of Toronto and Ottawa to compare Poilievre to Trump.”.The best analogy, it said, to Poilievre is Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. .It said Poilievre and Trudeau are similar because they were the same age when they rose to power and are polarizing figures who preach Canadian exceptionalism. .“His version stresses individual freedom, limited government, and deregulation—making Canada ‘the freest nation on Earth’ — rather than central planning and environmental responsibility,” it said. .This is what the Western Standard is up againstThe Trudeau government is funding lies and propaganda by directly subsidizing the mainstream media. They do this to entrench the powerful Eastern, woke and corrupt interests that dominate the political, social and economic institutions in Canada. Federal authorities are constantly trying to censor us and stop us from publishing the stories that they don’t want you to read. Ottawa may weaponize our taxes and police against us, but we’ve got a powerful ally on our side.You. Free men, and free women. We need you to stand with us and become a member of the Western Standard. Here’s what you will get for your membership:Unlimited access to all articles from the Western Standard, Alberta Report, West Coast Standard, and Saskatchewan Standard, with no paywall. Our daily newsletter delivered to your inbox. .Access to exclusive Member-only WS events.Keep the West’s leading independent media voice strong and free.If you can, please support us with a monthly or annual membership. It takes just a moment to set up, and you will be making a big impact on keeping one the last independent media outlets in Canada free from Ottawa’s corrupting influence.