General Politics Discussion

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Pierre Poilievre's response was an angry video, prerecorded video in which he continued his refrain that Canada was broken.  Andrew Coyne of the Globe & Mail described it as weird and off-putting.

A few facts:

• Economic growth under Trudeau was 41%. Under Harper it was 18%.
  
• During the Trudeau years income growth was 23%. During the Harper decade it was 7.6%.
  
• Median Canadian net worth soared 66% between 2016 and 2023.
  
• In the G-7 only Germany’s GDP/Debt ratio outperformed Canada’s.
  
• Trudeau reduced poverty from 14.5% to 9.0%. Conservatives always want to make it higher to increase stress levels, suppress wages, lower taxes for the wealthy and punish the poor.
  
• 500,000 children were lifted out of poverty by the Child Care Benefit.
  
• Daycare from $2,000 per month to $200 per month. Pharmacare, Dental care. Justin Trudeau focused on looking after all of us.
  
• Mr. Poilievre not so much. Which is perhaps why he does not take questions he has not pre-approved. We are reminded that he lives in an 18 room taxpayer-funded mansion, has had no other job other than one funded by the public purse and will retire with an already guaranteed high 6 figure pension.
  
• Funded by a rich, diverse, and peaceful country he defends from her enemies by calling her broken and selling her to the highest bidder.