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Don Darling
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Passionate about authenticity, social equity and inclusive communities. Former Mayor of Saint John. Living my values, opinions not for sale. He/Him. #GrowGsj 🌱
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The PM we need leads with:
🟦 Decency
🟦 Integrity
🟦 Lived experience
🟦 Real solutions

We need someone who’ll lift everyone, not just the loudest or the wealthiest.
In my view, that’s not Pierre.
#cdnpoli #CharacterMatters
April 3, 2025 at 10:06 PM
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Don’t be fooled by hoodies and TikToks.
Pierre Poilievre isn’t here to dismantle the elite — he wants to run it.
April 3, 2025 at 10:06 PM
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But he voted YES to:
✅ Corporate tax breaks
✅ Austerity
✅ Protecting wealth over working people
April 3, 2025 at 10:06 PM
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His voting record?
❌ $10/day childcare
❌ Dental care
❌ Pharmacare
❌ LGBTQ2+ protections
❌ Banning conversion therapy
❌ Indigenous reconciliation
❌ Affordable housing
❌ Rent support
❌ Veterans’ benefits
❌ Equal pay
April 3, 2025 at 10:06 PM
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Danielle Smith interfered in a federal election to help him.
Poilievre stayed silent.
He wants power, not accountability.
April 3, 2025 at 10:06 PM
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He echoes Trump’s tone and tactics — slogans, outrage, division.
He stays quiet on Trump’s extremism.
Why?
Because he’s running the same playbook.
April 3, 2025 at 10:06 PM
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🏛️ On democracy & disinfo:
– Blames Trudeau for everything
– Uses disinfo on housing, crime, and COVID
– Dodges media
– Promised to fire the Bank of Canada Governor (not legal)
– Flirts with far-right influencers
April 3, 2025 at 10:06 PM
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On climate, it’s “Axe the Tax” and not much else.
No credible plan.
Attacks renewables.
Backs foreign-owned oil & gas.
Wants to roll back Canada’s climate commitments as disasters surge.
April 3, 2025 at 10:06 PM
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On working Canadians, he voted AGAINST:
– Anti-scab laws
– Union protections
– Sick leave
– Equal pay
– Public sector wage fairness
Then he called CERB recipients “lazy” while collecting his MP salary.
April 3, 2025 at 10:06 PM
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During COVID, Poilievre voted AGAINST:
– CERB
– Wage subsidies
– Rent relief
– Small biz support
He said “let the market correct itself.”
Millions would’ve suffered more.
April 3, 2025 at 10:06 PM
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He built himself a $19,177/month MP pension.
Eligible at 55. Meanwhile, most Canadians have no workplace pension at all. That’s not leadership. That’s self-interest.
April 3, 2025 at 10:06 PM
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He rails against “government elites”…
But he makes $309,700/year, lives in a taxpayer-funded mansion, has a chauffeur, and racks up $20K/day in expenses.
He’s not an outsider. He is the system.
April 3, 2025 at 10:06 PM
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📉 Poilievre has never worked outside politics.
Elected at 24.
No experience in the real economy.
20 years in Ottawa — and now claiming he’ll “fix” a system he’s helped shape for decades.
April 3, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Facts don't matter.
April 3, 2025 at 1:58 AM