With a steady lead in the polls and a healthy war chest of political donations, the Conservative Party is rolling out a trio of new advertisements that are being viewed as aiming to redefine and soften Pierre Poilievre’s image and messaging.

    • cheery_coffee@lemmy.ca
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      24
      ·
      1 year ago

      Yes, he also wanted to replace the bank of Canada with bitcoin and I don’t know why he doesn’t get more flak for that. He was the finance critic at the time too.

      • SlikPikker@lemmy.ca
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        3
        ·
        1 year ago

        Conservatives are allowed to say dumb things.

        Because of their base, and the way that it is.

        • cheery_coffee@lemmy.ca
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          4
          ·
          1 year ago

          I do love the “only we can be fiscally responsible” and “buy high on this speculative asset to reduce inflation”, it’s a strong juxtaposition.

    • Powerpoint@lemmy.ca
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      19
      ·
      1 year ago

      Yes, he’s a garbage politician with no good ideas and no real world experience. He would’ve crashed our economy with his Bitcoin fiasco.

    • Splitdipless@lemmy.ca
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      7
      ·
      1 year ago

      Literally stood at the side of the road and got his picture taken handing them Tim Hortons and thanking them for coming.