With Justin Trudeau dangling from the proverbial political cliff, his primary rival spent two hours in conversation with right-wing provocateur Jordan Peterson in a podcast released this week, in which Pierre Poilievre made his case for a Canada with more oil production, less “woke-ism” and a tighter relationship with Donald Trump’s America.
“If you look at the history of President Trump, he negotiates very aggressively and he likes to win,” Poilievre said. “But in the end, he doesn’t appear to have a problem if his counterparty also wins,” he added, arguing that he would show up to deliberations with strength. “I think that we can get a great deal that will make both countries safer, richer and stronger,” he said. “That’s the goal that I’ll be coming into these negotiations with.”