Mr. Poilievre’s Hollywood filibuster

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By the time Pierre Poilievre suggested on Wednesday that he would talk as long as it takes to stop the budget bill, he already knew he wouldn’t be able to speak past midnight

And now, the Conservative Leader’s speech was treated as an event. So much so that nobody really remarked that there was no actual filibuster involved.

Mr. Poilievre played them up in his faux-filibuster speech by stressing the struggles of families trying to make ends meet: “I will speak for the families who cannot speak for themselves,” he said. Mr. Poilievre’s economic-policy shortcuts, and the suggestion that cutting deficits now would spare a lot of indebted Canadians from mortgage defaults, deserve more than a dollop of skepticism as policy. But the real benefit of his filibuster stunt was simply that it allowed him to bring the spotlight back to the tough times a lot of Canadians are facing.

And the Conservative Leader’s filibuster follow-up on Thursday – offering to have his caucus members work through the summer to re-write the budget and cut the deficit – was just a twist on an old trick opposition parties play every June. The Official Opposition party – whichever party it happens to be – invariably insists it is ready to work in the Commons through the summer, but then typically agrees to wrap up a day or two early.

 

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