We spoke with Mark Bourrie, author of the new biography Ripper: The Making of Pierre Poilievre, about “the angriest person on Canada’s political stage and the nastiest leader of a major party in this country’s history.”
Since Trump’s inauguration, Pride celebrations have lost sponsors, companies have ended DEI programs and hate crimes have increased — in Canada as well as in the U.S.
“Is it not obvious that a lot of morally objectionable and politically dangerous people are supporting Poilievre?”
“Eight Montreal artists, community organizers and entrepreneurs shared what they were most excited about for 2025, and how best to tackle what’s almost certain to be a complicated year.”
While Canada’s 23rd prime minister has had his share of missteps and scandals among his government’s impressive achievements of the past decade, his plummeting popularity arrived on an unprecedented wave of disinformation, foreign interference and populist fear-mongering.
“To quote the luminous Toni Morrison, ‘Me and you, we got more yesterday than anybody. We need some kind of tomorrow.'”
“As I watch politicians locked in a cycle of ever-increasing anti-immigrant rhetoric, aided by media outlets that constantly misreport on immigration — creating dangerous narratives that we’re being completely overrun by outsiders causing all our problems — I worry.”
Québec Solidaire MNA Haroun Bouazzi’s accusations of anti-immigrant, anti-minority speech and actions in the National Assembly have sparked the usual kind of outrage reserved for minorities speaking out about injustices.
En accusant l’Assemblée nationale de tenir des discours et de prendre des mesures anti-immigrants et anti-minorités, le député de Québec solidaire Haroun Bouazzi a soulevé l’habituelle vague d’indignation qui attend les gens des minorités qui dénoncent des injustices.
“It’s been a heavy few weeks for those concerned by the erosion of women’s reproductive rights in the U.S. and the rise of Manosphere influencers who peddle their misogynistic grift that preys on insecure, immature young men.”
