Why choosing Conservative in the federal election is a terrible idea.

I figured since PEI is a part of Canada that this info would be ok to post here since it will effect Islanders.

Here are a few reasons, over the last 20 years these are *some* of the things Pierre Poilievre said and done:

• Defining marriage as a union between ‘one man and one woman, to the exclusion of all others.’
• Saying Indigenous Peoples needed to learn the value of hard work more than they needed compensation for residential schools.
• Receiving a government pension at 31, then raising the retirement age on hard-working Canadians.
• Working to bring American-style, anti-union laws to Canada.
• Making it harder for Canadians to vote.
• Encouraging Canadians to ‘opt-out of inflation’ with volatile crypto-currencies.
• Using misogynist Youtube tags to court far-right supporters.
• Committing to free votes, allowing his MPs to bring forward anti-abortion legislation.
• Posing with someone wearing a ‘straight pride’ shirt during Pride season.
• Turning his back on Ukraine.
• Supporting illegal convoy blockades.
• Pushing an anti-vaccine agenda.
• Delivering a speech to a group that claimed it was a “myth” that residential schools robbed Indigenous children of their childhood.
• Following the American far-right playbook to use anti-2SLGBTQI+ language.
• Saying he’d use the notwithstanding clause, overriding Canadians’ rights.
• Visiting and courting far-right extremist groups.
• Talking down pandemic supports that helped millions of Canadians pay their bills during the crisis.
• Calling child care a ‘slush fund,’ and trying to cut programs that support the middle class.
• Using the term ‘tar baby’ in the House of Commons.
• Promoting a ‘Niqab ban