Vote Harder! Poilievre Tells Corporate Canada To "Fire Your Lobbyist"

Recently, Pierre Poilievre, leader of the CPC and the Official Opposition of Canada, published an article in the National Post. The catchy title called on Corporate Canada to “fire your lobbyist”.

But apparently, the call is to stop lobbying other politicians. Poilievre himself seems quite content. In fact, the Lobbying Registry of Canada lists him meeting with special interest groups 329 times. Whether a person believes in the practice of political lobbying or not, this comes across as hypocritical.

Then there’s this:

At the most, the Chamber of Commerce, Business Council, and Canadian Federation of Independent Business hold pointless luncheons and meetings and write op-eds or record interviews that almost no one sees. As leader of the Conservative Party of Canada, I refuse to meet the aforementioned groups. They tell me what I already know.

Sounds lovely, doesn’t it? Fortunately for Poilievre, few will bother to fact check anything that he says. But there are always nerdy, autistic trolls that have too much time on their hands.

In the article, he claims that he refuses to meet with the groups: (a) Chamber of Commerce; (b) Business Council, and (c) Canadian Federation of Independent Business. However, records from the Lobbying Registry make it clear that he does meet with them. Not like any of this is difficult to find out.

There’s also apparently a Chamber of Marine Commerce that Poilievre has met with.

He’s also met 10 times with CIJA, the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs. There were 3 meetings with NCCM, the National Council of Canadian Muslims. Both have lobbied for changes to the Canadian Human Rights Act, to ban “hate speech”.

There are countless other examples of Poilievre being lobbied by the sorts of people that he now rails against. He mentions Teck Resources in the National Post article, despite also having been lobbied by them.

Want to stop the latest tax hike? Or get bureaucracy out of the way to build homes, mines, factories, pipelines and more? Then cancel your lunch meeting at the Rideau Club. Fire your lobbyist. And go to the people.

Sounds catchy, just like so many of his soundbites. But apparently it’s still okay for him to meet with lobbyists. Presumably this attitude will change if and when he ever takes power.

Did Poilievre write this himself? Or did his handlers?

In any event, vote harder!

One Reply to “Vote Harder! Poilievre Tells Corporate Canada To “Fire Your Lobbyist””

I am sick at the situation that Canada finds itself in, but I simply cannot hold down the nausea when I see or hear Poilievre because I know from reviewing the legislation he helped pass, that he is FAR worse than Trudeau can ever be.

But Poilievre-lovers refuse to look at his record and so we will be saddled with more pro-Poilievre marketing until the next election.

It is so disturbing to find oneself in a system where the truly stupid and wilfully blind make decisions that the rest of us have to suffer, with no avenue out. Corporatocracies are all like this.

Grace Joubarne says:

May 7, 2024 at 5:31 AM

I am sick at the situation that Canada finds itself in, but I simply cannot hold down the nausea when I see or hear Poilievre because I know from reviewing the legislation he helped pass, that he is FAR worse than Trudeau can ever be.

But Poilievre-lovers refuse to look at his record and so we will be saddled with more pro-Poilievre marketing until the next election.

It is so disturbing to find oneself in a system where the truly stupid and wilfully blind make decisions that the rest of us have to suffer, with no avenue out. Corporatocracies are all like this.

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