• Kyle@lemmy.ca
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    5 days ago

    Given the partisan vitriol he spread today I hate to defend this but:

    There is a 99% chance that after the by-election, he will once again be the leader of the opposition and therefore live in that house again.

    So with hubris and laziness he is saving our tax dollars by not having to pay for him to move twice in less than a year. Andrew Scheer gave him permission for this as well.

    I didn’t watch the video but the headline is clickbait and this is a nothing story.

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      I want to live in the timeline where he loses the by-election and has to pay back the months he stayed living there.

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        I, too, find his behaviour and politics so distressing these days that I get where you are coming from.

        But I decided I didn’t want to feel that way. So, I redirected the time and energy I used to doomscroll into setting a better example and doing something about it.

        I joined Fairvote.ca and organized for their recent door hanger campaign to raise awareness on proportional representation. I also attend their monthly Zoom meetings to educate myself on how proportional representation works, how it reduces polarisation, and how it decreases the inflammatory and partisan words in political speech.

        I’m shocked at how many people in my life suddenly perked up and said, " Where can I learn more?"

        I know you didn’t ask, but this polarised hate feels bad, and it doesn’t hurt to share a way of coping that has made my life more centred.

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        If Trump didnt come in with sanctions he would probably be running the country. If we fall into recession as it seems like we are theres a good chance they get blamed as well, the Cons will beat that horse into the mantle.

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      I realize everything you say is correct, but framing is everything. So rather than saying he refuses to leave, we should say he’s couch surfing at his bitch Andy’s place, but Andy doesn’t want to be there with him so he’s staying at his other place. Which is also completely correct.

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      Also his kids are probably just finishing their school year. Forcing them to move and possibly start at a new school with one month left would suck. Especially if its temporary.

      That said, we should absolutely force Scheer to move in with them for the month.

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        we should absolutely force Scheer to move in with them for the month.>

        Haha yes! That’s something I can get behind. 😂

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          The former leader of the Oppostion refusing to leave his official residence after losing his seat in Parliament.

          You literally defended it, bragged about not checking out the story, then said it was “nothing” by your own idiotic logic.

          You’re the problem.

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      Plus it’s worth remembering he does have kids and it would be disruptive for them.

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        So? He’s a fucking multi millionaire & landlord. And right now he’s a fucking grifter and squatter. Is the free market gonna help his non-verbal autistic daughter that he trots out whenever knowledge of her will serve him politically? FUCK. THIS. GRIFTER. MISINFO. DECEITFUL. LYING. OBSTRUCTIONIST. PIECE. OF. SHIT. Waste of skin absolute scumbag. His escualido wife is absolute heinous evil garbage as well.

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          I would drive across Canada to vote against PP and i have nothing good to say about any of the landlords I have had.

          It is a bloody miracle how completely you have convinced me that they are all better people than you.

          Somebody mentions children and these are the words you puke out?

          Making PP move out would be hilarious. Shitting on kids to get what you want is not.

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            He uses his daughter as a prop when it’s convenient. He’s the one using them. Apparently rich kids are an equity seeking group now. 🤡

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          He’s a fucking multi millionaire & landlord.

          What does that have to do with his kids? Do rich kids not have feelings?

          Is the free market gonna help his non-verbal autistic daughter that he trots out whenever knowledge of her will serve him politically?

          Moving twice in six months probably won’t help her.

          None of those are good reasons he should move out for the time it takes him to get a seat back, you’re just angry at the guy.

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              So is your problem that the leader of the opposition gets a house at all, or is it this period where he’s not got a seat but it staying anyway?

              Or just that he in particular is getting a house?

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                The point is not to unpack why PP is a problem. The point is - that he is a problem. I gave one good reason earlier, that suffices. He’s a hypocrite.

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                  If we’re debating what “the point” is, it looks to me like pettiness is the point. Why else would someone get emotionally invested into an issue that isn’t even bothering Poilievre’s own personal political rivals?

                  Rich kids are still children and not political pawns. And hypocrisy is the least of my concerns around the party shamelessly espousing shitty values, but a meaningful concern around the parties and leaders that claim to be better.

                  If you’re so deeply invested in extracting your pound of flesh, endorse making him pay rent between leadership positions. Alternatively, just choose an issue to champion that is considerably more…productive.

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                    He uses his autistic daughter as a prop. That’s a problem. He also lies about his wife sometimes she’s French, sometimes she’s a Latin American refugee (who somehow failed upward into a job at Parliament 🙄). Fact is her social media is full of right wing spew saying she’s gonna be “First Lady of Canada” which clearly demonstrates the American slant of it all. So glad these fucking grifters are not near power any longer . Can’t wait until the CPC turf PP to the curb. Tick tock PP.

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                I mean yes considering the state of our Prime Minister’s residence. It is horrible the opposition has a nicer place.

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            So rich kids are now an equity seeking group according to you.

            🤦‍♂️