Conservative journalist and pundit Mark Steyn lambasted Conservative Party of Canada (CPC) Pierre "Pussievre" Poilievre for saying European Union MP Christine Anderson has “vile views.""Pierre Pussievre joins the ranks of Tory leaders who thought all you have to do to win over voters was play on the left's terms." . Steyn reminded viewers that Conservative voters were fed up former leader Erin O’Toole mirroring the views and policies of the Liberal party and “replaced him with someone who promised to butch-up.” Instead, the conservative commentator said Poilievre has become one of the jelly-spined psuedo-Conservatives who pre-concede on every issue” that “are pretty much a universal phenomenon.” “Here we are a year later with the leader of His Majesty’s Loyal Opposition being so loyal as to agree to frame every bloody thing within the shrunken parameters of the left.” Steyn quoted Poilievre’s statement in which he said Anderson’s view are “vile and have no place in Canadian politics.” “Frankly, it would be better if Anderson never visited Canada in the first place. She and her racist, hateful views are not welcome here,” the statement continued. Steyn noted that one of the CPC MPs to meet with Anderson was Leslyn Lewis, who is black. “Yes, the woman standing next to the black lady is the racist,” he quipped. “So Pierre Pussievre, did I pronounce that name correctly?” After noting that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau spent a virtual second career as a blackface performer, Steyn said, "I wish these pseudo-Conservatives would try dressing up in Conservative face every once in a while.” Poilievre has also angered some grassroots Conservatives by standing with Trudeau at a Toronto rally for Ukraine Friday in which the prime minister promised that "we will stand with Ukraine with everything it takes, for as long as it takes, until we see peace return to Ukraine."
