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The Revolutionary Pierre Poilievre

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The Revolutionary Pierre Poilievre
Conservative Party Leader Pierre Poilievre rises during Question Period at the House of Commons in Ottawa on Sept. 22, 2022. The Canadian Press/Adrian Wyld
Patricia Adams
Lawrence Solomon
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The attempt by pundits in Canada’s mainstream media to portray Pierre Poilievre as a simplistic, unsophisticated thinker resembles past attacks that the media levied against Ronald Reagan in the United States and Margaret Thatcher in the United Kingdom, both of whom would go on to dwarf their critics and be recognized as transformative, consequential leaders.
Patricia Adams is an economist and president of the Energy Probe Research Foundation and Probe International, an independent think tank in Canada and around the world. She is the publisher of internet news services Three Gorges Probe and Odious Debts Online and the author or editor of numerous books. Her books and articles have been translated into Chinese, Spanish, Bengali, Japanese, and Bahasa Indonesia. She can be reached at [email protected]
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