Negative publicity against Pierre Poilievre | The NDP suggests that it is the “army arm of the Liberals”, says Blanchet

(Ottawa) Bloc leader Yves-François Blanchet believes that the New Democratic Party (NDP) gives the impression of being “temporarily the armed arm of the Liberals” with its negative publicity launched against the new Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre.

Mr. Blanchet made this comment on Wednesday, when questioned on the approach of the NDP, which published the day before on social networks a short animation describing “who Pierre Poilievre really is” and stating that he is “a friend of big business and the elite” rather than being there for Mr. and Mrs. Everybody.

“Nor do I want to give the impression that they are wrong and that it is not deserved, nuanced the leader of the Bloc Québécois. Yes, indeed, the demonstration is to be made that the Conservatives work for the world, but we can give Mr. Poilievre the opportunity to make mistakes before blaming him for them. »

The deputy leader of the NDP, Alexandre Boulerice, retorted in an interview that “Mr. Blanchet is showing great naivety in wanting to give the runner a chance”.

“Mr. Poilievre has a record that is very clear. We know where he is lodged: on the side of the oil companies (as well as) the big companies, then against civil society. I don’t understand why the Bloc Québécois is complacent with Mr. Poilievre at the moment,” he said.

Earlier, NDP Leader Jagmeet Sing argued in a scrum that the fact that his party attacked the Conservative leader so head-on does “not at all” mean that he sees him as a threat.

“But it’s important to talk about his record to show that he is someone who wants to inflame anger, but who does not offer solutions and, instead of offering solutions to help people, he offers solutions helping the wealthy,” he said.

In the eyes of Conservative MP Michael Barrett, there is no doubt that Mr Singh is “very worried” about his fate in the next election.

Same story on the side of Senator Pierre-Hugues Boisvenu. “It wasn’t much of Mr. Singh’s habit to attack the Conservative Party,” he said before heading to a Conservative caucus meeting. “His electorate is very blue-collar. […] I think that there is generally in the population – we see it in Quebec – a kind of compression towards the center right of these people for various reasons: anger, the lack of credibility of politicians, “he said. he adds.

In the Liberal ranks, the Minister of National Revenue, Diane Lebouthillier, seemed to criticize the strategy of negative publicity without however commenting on the fact that it was her party’s ally who used this approach.

“I think the best strategy is to talk about what we do, talk about our programs and not attack individuals,” she said.

The NDP concluded a “support and confidence agreement” last March with the Liberals, which should allow Justin Trudeau’s minority government to stay in power until 2025 if the commitments contained in the agreement are respected.

The launch of a dental care program for low-income people is a central element of this. As a first step, the Liberals introduced Bill C-31 on Tuesday to send checks of up to $650 to cover oral care costs for children under 12 whose families earn less than $90. $000 per year.

With contributions from Michel Saba, The Canadian Press