Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre said wokiesm has one purpose with plenty of pretexts. .“It is designed to divide people by race, by gender, by ethnicity, by religion, by vaccine status, and any other way they can divide people into groups,” said Poilievre in a Thursday video. .“Then you can justify having a government that can control all those groups.” .Liberal MP Jenica Atwin (Fredericton) asked Poilievre in the House of Commons if he cares to backtrack on characterizing the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) as a small group of insiders close to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. .“I would also ask if he would like to define the word woke,” said Atwin. .“I asked one of his colleagues for that definition, and I’d like to see what he has to say.” .Poilievre backtracked on his previous comment, as the CRTC is a large group of insiders. He called it “a big sprawling bureaucracy with far too many people working for it.” .When he's prime minister, he said there will be less people working for it. He added those people will “have less power and hell of a lot less to do when I restore freedom of speech and freedom of expression online and on the internet.” .Poilievre concluded by saying there should be no more wokeism. .“We need freedom,” he said. .Poilievre said at the Canada Strong and Free Network National Conference on March 23 Trudeau is separating people to build up power..READ MORE: Poilievre pitches new anti-establishment conservatism.“We’re going to turn the hurt Trudeau caused into the hope Canadians need,” he said. .He called wokeism a threat to freedom of expression that has been observed online, on university campuses, and with professional regulators.
Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre said wokiesm has one purpose with plenty of pretexts. .“It is designed to divide people by race, by gender, by ethnicity, by religion, by vaccine status, and any other way they can divide people into groups,” said Poilievre in a Thursday video. .“Then you can justify having a government that can control all those groups.” .Liberal MP Jenica Atwin (Fredericton) asked Poilievre in the House of Commons if he cares to backtrack on characterizing the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) as a small group of insiders close to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. .“I would also ask if he would like to define the word woke,” said Atwin. .“I asked one of his colleagues for that definition, and I’d like to see what he has to say.” .Poilievre backtracked on his previous comment, as the CRTC is a large group of insiders. He called it “a big sprawling bureaucracy with far too many people working for it.” .When he's prime minister, he said there will be less people working for it. He added those people will “have less power and hell of a lot less to do when I restore freedom of speech and freedom of expression online and on the internet.” .Poilievre concluded by saying there should be no more wokeism. .“We need freedom,” he said. .Poilievre said at the Canada Strong and Free Network National Conference on March 23 Trudeau is separating people to build up power..READ MORE: Poilievre pitches new anti-establishment conservatism.“We’re going to turn the hurt Trudeau caused into the hope Canadians need,” he said. .He called wokeism a threat to freedom of expression that has been observed online, on university campuses, and with professional regulators.
