Pierre Poilievre must stop fueling extremists and he must dissociate himself from them, according to Prime Minister Trudeau who challenges the Conservative leader to publicly say “that Alex Jones is trash.”
At a press conference where the government announced an investment of nearly $60 million in semiconductors in Bromont, Quebec, the Prime Minister of Canada asked Pierre Poilievre to clearly tell Canadians “what votes he is seeking and behind whom he ranks.”
If Pierre Poilievre wants to be a responsible leader, here are “the words” he must say according to Justin Trudeau:
“I categorically reject the endorsement and support of Diagolon and Alex Jones because Diagolon is a violent white nationalist organization and Alex Jones is a scumbag conspiracy theorist. That’s all Pierre Poilievre would have to say. But he won’t say it. And that says a lot about the kind of choices he makes as a leader,” said the Prime Minister of Canada.
The premier’s comment came after he responded to a reporter’s question asking him to comment on the actions of an Ontario Provincial Police officer who was allegedly filmed giving information to demonstrators on the route taken by Justin Trudeau’s procession Thursday in Alliston, Ontario.
The Prime Minister refused to comment on this incident related to his security, but he stressed that “the possibility of insulting the Prime Minister is something that is protected here in Canada”, but that “politicians must be very, very careful about not fuel divisions among Canadians, polarization or conspiracy theories.”
Who are Alex Jones and Diagolon?
Alex Jones, whom the Prime Minister called “scum”, is a notorious American conspiracy theorist who was ordered to pay almost a billion dollars in compensation to the families of victims of the massacre at the Sandy Hook school in Newton, United States. UNITED STATES. A young man armed with a semi-automatic rifle killed 20 children and six adults in 2002. Alex Jones spread falsehoods at the time that the killing was a hoax. During a highly publicized trial, the far-right “influencer” was confronted by the parents of victims who explained that they had not been able to grieve and that they were constantly harassed and intimidated in because of Jones’ conspiracy theories.
PHOTO KIRSTEN LUCE, THE NEW YORK TIMES ARCHIVES
Alex Jones in September 2022
Recently, Alex Jones noted that Pierre Poilievre “is strong” and that “Canada desperately needs many more leaders like him, as does the rest of the world.”
On this subject, Mr. Poilievre’s office reiterated Friday that they do not follow or listen to “the individual” Alex Jones.
As for the Diagolon group, which Justin Trudeau called a “violent white nationalist organization,” a House of Commons report described it as a violent, ideologically motivated extremist group.
If the Prime Minister asked the Conservative leader to clearly dissociate himself from this group, it is because Pierre Poilievre was filmed visiting a demonstrator camp a few days ago, on the border of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia.
The videos notably show a flag on which it is written “Fuck Trudeau”, near the trailer visited by Pierre Poilievre and on which is drawn, among other drawings, the symbol of the Diagolon group.
In another video, the Conservative leader encourages individuals to continue demonstrating and says about the Prime Minister that “everything he says is bullshit.”bullshit” from beginning to end “. He also announces a “great Canadian tax revolt”.
Called to react, the Conservative leader’s office explained on Wednesday that Mr. Poilievre had noticed a demonstration against carbon pricing during a trip between two events in the Maritimes.
According to the account of one of his spokespersons, Marion Ringuette, he then decided to make a “brief impromptu stop”, being a “fervent opponent of Justin Trudeau’s punitive carbon tax, which has driven up the price food products, gasoline and heating.
Friday, the spokesperson for the Conservative Party added, in an exchange with The Canadian Press, that “common-sense Conservatives are listening to the priorities of millions of Canadians who want to cut taxes, build housing, repair the budget and stop crime” and “that if Justin Trudeau is worried about extremism, he should watch the parades in Canadian streets openly celebrating the massacre of Jews by Hamas on October 7.”