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He’s a liar, a snake oil salesman, and he is the only person who doesn’t understand that we all see through him.

It sounds like the perfect description of Poilievre here ... are you sure you're not confused?

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“It is a great political stunt” which is only going to help Trudeau.

Perhaps Singh has to show he is a hypocrite with his statements about the government, but who cares? That is hardly news.

Poilievre solidifies his persona of annoying and unserious politician. Does Poilievre really want to be the record holder of failed attempts to trip the government? That does not appear to be very genius to me.

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I agree with everything you say here, although I believe that both Renault and Rick know that Renault is lying, that he has to lie to his overlords and that Rick's American Bar will be open by noon tomorrow. Not a hill I'm willing to die on, but a pretty firmly held opinion.

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Rick has to pay the bribe to get re-opened, and while he knows that the gambling line is a lie he is still sincerely pissed about the closure

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WOW, just WOW...guess PP is a shoe in.....

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Mob mentality isn't pretty at the best of times, but when it's been stoked for as long as this has with such an avid, personal focus on Trudeau, it needs to be pointed out that in the sweeping context of federal politics in Canada, it's truly become fucking WEIRD. That is, it's Poilievre who looks like a fanatic at best and a dangerous psycho at worst.

I guess if all the sporty boys have their face paint on though, beer in hand, and the bonfire's burning, that doesn't matter. Problem is, the Trump boost has waned, and you can only disrupt the House of Commons like they've been doing so many times before it palls and all starts to blow back on you. Today I heard the conservative Speaker of the House being questioned about his relentlessly rowdy members being suspected of drinking before showing u, so another blow to parliamentary decorum.

I've started watching question period this week because it's reminding me of the Convoy in that I'm waiting to see how it can be stopped. I feel sorry for the Speaker of the House struggling to maintain his authority such as it is, and his personal dignity, not to mention the young pages dutifully standing and sitting in accordance with the rules and his direction. I did see one interviewed at one point, and she expressed strong disillusionment for an institution she had formerly respected. No kidding.

Where are the cameras with footage of how it's the conservatives hooting, catcalling, booing and totally ignoring where they are, so focused are they on their white-hot hatred. This footage would be tough to explain, let alone justify, like so much of what these Reform con assholes have done.

It's absurd to say that Singh, caught in the middle of this, admittedly rather awkwardly, is the problem here. That's like focusing on the fact that Kamala laughed too much FFS. Bottom line is that the NDP ARE basically progressives like the Liberals, and together they represent the majority of this country whether the nasty fuck cons can accept that or not.

They're just horrible, the worst among us. A bunch of little boys who have grown into smaller men.

It's only the stubborn narcissism of small differences preventing the union of the left that already brought the braying cons "together" sufficiently to lay waste with a vengeance like no other (it's almost biblical, like some "god" is involved), and we're supposed to be the smart ones that keeps this political gong show/nightmare going, along with social media's misinformation machine. But we can't ever forget the hubris of otherworldly male egotism.

Actually, most of us just want government that GOVERNS, but politics has never looked more like Hollywood for ugly people....

So let's see; which is worse? A "vacuous" liar or a mendacious liar?

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While PP is just as much a SOS, so are all the federal leaders, and a good number of provincal ones as well. That said, only some see Singh the way you do, others see him through the cloud of a alt right fog and won't agree with the truth. This is important to remember, because it prevents a coming together of voters to eliminate the scourge of current Canadian politics, that being populists who don't fix problems, but use those to gain votes, and those telling bald faced lies.

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