(Ottawa) Canada has transformed into a “dystopian nightmare controlled by the government” under the leadership of Justin Trudeau the “autocrat”, worries the director of communications of the Conservative Party, who predicts a return to “optimism » with Pierre Poilievre at the head of the country.
In the message she published Monday on the X network, Sarah Fischer paints a dark portrait of the situation in the country. “Under the autocratic regime of Justin Trudeau, Canada has become a dystopian nightmare controlled by the government,” she said with alarm. I can’t wait for this period to end.”
“I want Canada to once again become a country filled with optimism, ambition, hope, innovation, promise and freedom,” she concluded in this message which had been viewed more than 450,000 times. times at the time of publishing these lines, Tuesday afternoon.
“It’s to agitate the base,” says Fred Delorey, who held the same position from 2009 to 2013. The choice to do it on look, who is she [Mme Fischer] is addressed, and who is its audience. And seeing the many responses, we see that it ignites people.”
“The role of any opposition party is to show that there are problems to be resolved. This is what the party does. There might be a need for more nuance in the language at times, though,” says the former strategist, who is now a partner at the public relations firm Northstar..
According to Mélanie Richer, former communications director for NDP leader Jagmeet Singh, it is in terms of consistency that this release does not hold up. ” It’s contradictory. She starts by talking about a dystopian nightmare, then she talks about hope,” she observes.
If she agrees “that people are angry with the Trudeau government”, she nevertheless believes that this “American approach” has everything to displease Quebecers – possibly even the elected Quebecois members of the Conservative caucus, “who do not have the same approach” than their colleagues from other provinces.
Requested by The Press, Pierre Poilievre’s office did not comment on Sarah Fischer’s comments, nor did the main person concerned. Appointed to this position in November 2022, she was an ardent defender of the “freedom convoy” which paralyzed the streets of downtown Ottawa in the winter of 2022.
She also ran for the Conservative Party in the riding of Don Valley North, Ontario, in the 2019 election. She came in second place, behind Liberal Han Dong. The latter has been sitting as an independent since it was splashed by allegations related to Chinese interference.