Some people look at the history of a person to help build a character assessment, to see if their recent actions and statements are a pattern from the past and that is who they truly are or does it appear to be an act. We have all done things in our past that we regret, hindsight 20/20 and all, so I would be impressed if you could make a legitimate argument that JT is a hurtful racist.
The above is why PP doesn't get completely vilified for his comments about former residential school survivors back in 2008, just a few hours before the government (and more importantly, it was his boss at the time) was to issue a formal apology:
Poilievre had come under heavy criticism for telling CFRA News Talk Radio that he wasn't sure Canada was "getting value for all of this money" being spent to compensate former students of federally financed residential schools. "My view is that we need to engender the values of hard work and independence and self-reliance. That's the solution in the long run — more money will not solve it,"
I assume we both agree that his recent actions and statements hold more impact as to who he is as a person now? I believe that any politician that stuck their foot that far into their mouth(as he did), would be extra vigilant in distancing themselves from anything that would indicate any association to those prior beliefs unless they didn't really mean the apology and it was just a forced by his boss.
So what does PP do in 2023?
Poilievre delivers speech to a group criticized for residential school 'denialism'
Weird, right?
I'm not the brightest, but I am getting better at recognizing the truth when I know more of the facts. Thanks again for your post, w/links.
