Pierre Poilievre is waging one of his final battles in the Conservative leadership race \u002D\u002D one in which even his main rival is onside.
Tasha Kheiriddin, one of his campaign co-chairs, said that while she likes the idea in principle, she believes enacting a law to simplify the language of government would only result in more bureaucracy.
Poilievre’s fight for fewer words appears to be one he takes personally, as he complained about politicians’ use of jargon in a speech given more than a decade ago. Poilievre, who now boasts one of the largest social media followings in Canadian politics, complained then about how few people on Parliament Hill knew how to write and speak in a way that everyday Canadians could understand.Poilievre instructed his 2009 audience that the best way to learn to communicate plainly is to write for newspapers — which take complex ideas and use simple language to explain them to readers — and knock on doors.
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