I asked ChatGPT to pretend to be Pierre Poilievre giving a speech in Parliament, as if Justin Trudeau had lost his seat but remained Liberal leader. The result is uncanny:

Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister is a man without a mandate, a leader without a riding, a boss without a base.

On this topic, we recently published a related article by @patrickmccurdy.bsky.social and Kaitlin Clarke that dives deeper into the political weaponization of “woke” in Canada and how it echoes the American far right’s culture war tactics.

Missed it? Read it here: policyoptions.irpp.org?p=116497

Poilievre says he’s against “woke.” But what does that actually mean?

@patrickmccurdy.bsky.social & Kaitlin Clarke unpack how Poilievre has made “anti-woke” rhetoric a pillar of his campaign & how it mirrors far-right U.S politics

A must-read ahead of April 28:
policyoptions.irpp.org?p=116497

Pierre Poilievre's anti-woke crusade is straight out of the far-right US playbook. Here's op-ed I co-wrote with my former student Kaitlin Clarke for Policy Options @policyoptions.irpp.org:
policyoptions.irpp.org/magazines/ap... #cdnpoli

Pierre Poilievre trying to convince Canadians he’s not like Trump while dropping words like 'patriots' straight out of the MAGA playbook #cdnpoli #maplemaga

Two books abt PP came out in quick succession, and they couldn't be more different. Lawton’s reads like as a vanity project aimed at securing his Con nomination. Bourrie, a trained historian, portays PP as a lifelong ideologue w/ a talent for slogans & willingness to deploy Trump-like politics.

🚨If you get an unsolicited text from "ERG National Research" re the federal election, DO NOT reply to the text. Report as SPAM & Block. This is a PHISHING text, ERG is NOT a recognized polling company.
Here is the text I received today: #cdnpoli

Relevant 28 days later #tarrifs #Trump

As I said before, Russian bots don't buy tickets

The view from north of the 49th parallel

Canexation is closer than many think...

If Trump is truly looking to tighten the thumbscrews on his "Canada as the 51st state" psyop his next move will be to rename Lake Ontario to something more... American.

When they cancel Jordan Peterson’s Ottawa talk at the Canadian Tire Centre—citing “health” or a “venue” issue—just remember that fewer than 5% of tickets appear to have been sold. TL;DR: Russian bots don’t buy tickets.

🧵How has woke been used in 🇨🇦 parliament? My new coauthored article "From Social Awareness to Authoritarian Other: The conservative weaponization of Woke in Canadian Parliamentary Discourse," explores this + traces Pierre Poilievre's engineering of a woke moral panic. Here's a thread #cdnpoli