The election of Pierre Poilievre as new leader of the Conservative Party of Canada (CPC) has already seized Prime Minister Justin Trudeau with fear and pushed one member of the national press corps over the edge.."What Canadians need is responsible leadership. Buzzwords, dog whistles and careless attacks don't add up to a plan for Canadians," Trudeau said Sunday at a Liberal caucus retreat..Then on Monday, Global News senior political correspondent David Akin went into meltdown mode, swearing profusely at Poilievre as the CPC leader tried to hold a news conference..But Trudeau suggested Poilievre was poised to unleash a dangerous revolution in Canada.."Attacking the institutions that make our society fair, safe, and free is not responsible leadership," Trudeau continued..He must be talking about the Bank of Canada because Poilievre threatened to fire Tiff Macklem, the bank’s governor. The bank does not make Canada fair, safe or free, but it sure can impoverish people very quickly if it pushes lending rates into the double digit range..If you remember Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau’s last term, in the early 1980s, interest rates peaked at 21%. That’s like being caught in a financial vice..And what’s this nonsense about “dog whistles?” That silly term was invented by the liberal media to suggest anything said by conservatives is really code for white supremacy. How fascinating that Poilievre is married to a Hispanic wife. Doesn’t seem to be much white supremacy there..Although Trudeau said he was willing to work with Poilievre, he quickly promised to oppose Poilievre’s "highly questionable, reckless economic ideas.".So did Poilievre present anything that was “highly questionable,” or “reckless?”."If you understand that people can't gas their cars, feed their families, or afford homes for themselves, if you really care, then commit today that there will be no new tax increases on workers and on seniors," Poilievre said to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.."Canadians are hurting, and it's our job to transform that back into hope," he said.."So after being told for two years their massive money-printing, inflationary deficits would cause the cost of living to skyrocket, they have finally had an epiphany that Canadians are paying too much," he said.."Canadians are out of money, and this prime minister is out of touch.".Poilievre’s vision includes lowering taxes on our farmers, workers and small businesses so they can "grow more affordable food, build more affordable homes, and produce the energy we need for future right here in Canada."."I want every single Canadian to have the opportunity that I had," Poilievre continued.."To come from modest beginnings, but work hard every day, to make sacrifices, to be responsible, and to have all those virtues pay off as they realize their dreams in their country. A country with a small government but big citizens,” he outlined in his radical agenda..Then on Tuesday, David Akin, my former colleague from Sun News, went crazy at Poilievre’s news conference, telling the new Tory leader to “go f*ck himself” as he unleashed a string of profanity against Poilievre for not immediately answering questions. He didn’t even get to finish saying thank you to the assembled reporters. Poilievre responded by describing Akin as a “Liberal heckler.” Seems to me that Akin proved Poilievre’s point and that of all of us who have been saying the paid-off state media are in the pocket of the Liberal government..Akin must be auditioning to be the Jim Acosta of Canadian media. You may recall that Acosta was the CNN White House correspondent who got into regular arguments with then-president Donald Trump, often refusing to hand over the microphone or to sit down and generally making and ass of himself..I don’t know if Akin has experienced an “Invasion of the Body Snatchers,” but this kind of behavior is just not like him..We are in for some fun this fall session.
