Abigail Steifel

The Conservative Party’s policy declaration is comprised of carefully constructed lies

By: Yildiz Subuk, Staff Writer Content warning: mention of abortion legislation and violence against pregnant people. It’s been over two years since Conservative party leader Pierre Poilievre announced his candidacy for prime minister and stated his plans to make Canada “the freest nation on earth.” Leading up to this overly-ambitious and vague statement, Poilievre brushes over a few unconvincing ways in which Canadian freedom is attacked, such as public health measures like vaccine requirements. Poilievre’s definition of freedom lacks any kind of depth or significance once one sits down and examines his party’s policy declaration. It is instead a direct…

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