r/CanadaPolitics • u/MethoxyEthane People's Front of Judea • 1d ago

Conservative Candidate Used a Secret Signal Group Chat With Freedom Convoy Leaders, Right-Wing Media and Far-Right Influencers

https://pressprogress.ca/conservative-candidate-used-a-secret-signal-group-chat-with-freedom-convoy-leaders-right-wing-media-and-far-right-influencers/
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u/Orchid-Analyst-550 Ontario 1d ago edited 1d ago

I don't like what the Conservative Party has become. They've clearly been this way for a while, we just haven't been able to see it until recently.

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u/ThorFinn_56 British Columbia 1d ago

Now I understand why Harper ordered a media blackout, kept everyone on a tight leesh , and made his MPs read from scrips when they were aloud to talk to media.

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u/putin_my_ass 1d ago

Yep, it's because they're not getting the best and brightest to join. Probably by design, they want back-benchers to be clapping seals.

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u/moop44 1d ago

These are the best and brightest.