Conservative chief\u0027s leadership campaign was greatly helped by the Liberals\u0027 increasingly embarrassing feats of incompetence
It is very true that Poilievre is a fine public speaker, that his years in the Commons have sharpened his capacity to give a speech and that he is not infected with the clumsy hesitations and, in some cases, downright inarticulacy of some who will be his main opponents.The NP Comment newsletter from columnist Colby Cosh and NP Comment editors tackles the important topics with boldness, verve and wit. Get NP Platformed delivered to your inbox weekdays by 4 p.m. ET.
That said, I think there were other forces, other elements, in his surprising dominance. His campaign was greatly helped by the sloppy management of the Trudeau government, almost from the day it sneaked by with a minority in the COVID-called election. I think his campaign received great uplift from the increasingly odd, ever more wearying performance of the Liberals and their numb partner, the NDP.Article contentSyrup speech versus real talk.
And of all the progressive hallmarks of this government, what is more deeply ingrained, what is more cardinal to its brand than its super-virtuous, Galahad-in-full-shining-armour-championship of the great global warming crusade? People, not just in Canada, but all through Europe and further jurisdictions are starting to learn what that crusade has brought with it.
That 30 years’ worth of monstrously-attended global warming summits, of dread alarms of imminent collapse, gatherings of the truly super-rich and famous in their multimillion-dollar jets lecturing their lessers on what they need to do, culminated this year in truly threatening inflationary pressures and worries about the supply chain, advanced to Vladimir Putin the power to defy Europe, and caused great alarm about what the coming winter may mean.
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