Tag Archives: Pierre Poilievre

Smith’s Demands

Posted on March 23, 2025 by susanonthesoapbox

“She’s playing with fire with a foreign adversary.” Political scientist, Duane Bratt in an interview with Mark Hislop   This week Alberta’s premier, Danielle Smith, gave Canadians another reason not to support her pick, Pierre Poilievre, for prime minister in … Continue reading →

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Chaos and the Importance of Community

Posted on January 5, 2025 by susanonthesoapbox

“In the most dangerous of times, those who escape and survive generally know people whom they can trust. Having old friends is the politics of last resort. And making new ones is the first step toward change.” — Timothy Snyder, … Continue reading →

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The Alberta Pension Plan: Pierre Poilievre Weighs In  

Posted on October 22, 2023 by susanonthesoapbox

It took Danielle Smith five months to go from “Nobody is touching anyone’s pension” to “Look! It’s a shiny new APP! Albertans will get much more and it will cost much less!!”   And she had the LifeWorks report to … Continue reading →

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Pierre Poilievre and the Politics of Brutalization

Posted on September 18, 2022 by susanonthesoapbox

“The word ‘brutalize’ is now employed quite wrongly to mean harsh or cruel treatment meted out by the strong to the weak…but in fact it means something subtler, namely the coarsening effect that this exercise of cruelty produces in the … Continue reading →

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