CBC Comedy writer Clare Blackwood said people can “make yourself cry on cue if you think about the fact that Pierre Poilievre exists.”.“Wow!” said Blackwood in a tweet. .“A true professional!”.She encouraged people to like and subscribe for more Canadian actor tips. .Blackwood followed up by saying it is “a great day when you wake up to find that your dumb joke about Pierre Poilievre has gotten you added to Twitter lists called ‘Ate Paint Chips As A Kid’ and ‘Actual Fascists.’” .She said she would have to ask her parents about eating paint chips as a child. .“Thanks so much for the feedback though!”.Macdonald-Laurier Institute policy analyst and outreach coordinator Melissa Mbarki joked about how she made herself cry by thinking about Bill C-11. .“This is probably the content that CRTC (Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission) will love,” said Mbarki. .Canada Proud mocked Blackwood for hating Poilievre. .“Government comedian knows how to please her masters,” said Canada Proud. .Poilievre said in 2022 at his Axe the Carbon Tax Rally in Ottawa he would defund the CBC, which received thunderous applause. .READ MORE: Hundreds gather for Pierre Poilievre’s ‘Axe the Carbon Tax’ rally in Ottawa.“The room doesn’t seem undecided on that one, does it?” he said. .“That will save us a lot of money.”.Poilievre accused CBC President Catherine Tait of going after him in February because she wants to take more money from the Canadian government. .READ MORE: Poilievre condemns CBC president for bashing him.“They’re not even pretending to be unbiased,” he said. .He said he meant it when he announced during the Conservative leadership race he would defund the CBC. He added Tait, who runs "(Justin) Trudeau’s $1.2 billion propaganda arm, the CBC, is now openly attacking me.”
