CBC reporting CPC staffers are screening reporter questions before they choose who asks Poilievre. He already won't take follow ups, won't let the travel with the campaign, now they selecting the topics journalists can ask. This is outrageous, further proof his ideas can't take scrutiny. #cdnpoli
Fascists got do what a fascists got a do
If he can’t handle the media, how can Poilievre stand up to Trump?
He doesn't plan on standing up to trump, he plans on selling off Canada to herr musk and comrade trump/putin.
I think you are right
He'd hand us to Trump and Putin on a silver platter.
Exactly. He has no intention of standing up to Trump.
This is why we cannot be complacent We have to be active and talk to the people we know about all the reasons Carney is the right choice Help get out the vote for Carney
Absolutely 👍
This should be the leading headline of the day.
Tell everyone
That's a sweet deal, my Nephew is grade 9, he could run for Prime Minister with those rules.
Hmmmm this sounds so familiar…a thin skinned, egotistical right wing conservative who wants to control the narrative and insists on selecting those who question him cuz he can’t handle any kind of pushback or fact checking…where have I seen this before 🤔 #PPtheTrumpWannaBe
They're all the same.
He’s a petulant man child.
Good God Poilievre is a soft small I’ll equipped waste of time.
Lately he seems to know what every question is while the reporter is asking it. Answers seem way too prepared.
He’s terrified. He can’t think fast on his feet and is afraid he’ll look stupid.
How can he expect to do well in a televised debate?
I think we're way past him looking stupid. 😏
If he can't take reporters, how will he deal with foreign leaders? Does he think he can control Putin, Xi, Trump, etc... Will his staffers tell them what they are allowed to say to him?
He needs time to ask his wife what to say.
Ah journalists should just walk away, stop covering his campaign.
This. Starve him of attention.
Good point. Attention is what PeePee craves. Controlled attention. Hide the truth, Spread the lies. #NeverPoiLIEvre
This is a taste of how he would be PM, imagine all the secrets he will keep from us and how he won't listen to what the people want. He has his own agenda and he'll do anything it takes to achieve it
He likely won't win, but can you imagine him in another country where he would have control of nothing?
Well Media should get off their collective butts and start doing some investigative reporting. Stop just regurgitating Press Releases. Good God, where the newsies of days gone by. 🇨🇦🍁
If Pierre Poilievre doesn't trust the media, he also doesn't trust Canadians. Why would Canadians trust Poilievre? #cdnpoli
This man just can’t be trusted. His lack of transparency and the « control on the message » he wants to exert at all times are a HUGE red flag and shouldn’t go unseen 🚩 www.facebook.com/share/r/1DtC...
I want to thank @steveboots.bsky.social for this video. Pierre Poilievre thinks that Canadians are stupid. He has total contempt for the public. #cdnpoli
There was an essay long post on LinkedIn today...that tries to say Trump wants Carney and Pierre is the saviour of Canada. Comments indicate that LinkedIn is the new xitter.
Trump knows that he is toxic in Canada (not that he cares). He is giving Carney a positive spin with his assumption that any person that he supports will be opposed by Canadians. We know his reverse psychology thinking. We know that Trump wants Poilievre as PM.
Never Little PP.
The take away from this is that Pierre is not confident in his own thinking process. That is the base. If that is the case, what then happens when a complex emergency (TRUMP) lands at our doorstep? How much time will be lost? How nuanced is the response?
All the qualities you want in a “leader” Secrecy & Media Control.
Typical conservative.
Of course they are. Who thought it would be any different?
Give him Rosie. She’ll put him on a pedestal 🤦♀️
Just stop following him. Jesus H. what a waste of skin.
Pierre Poilievre is incapable of real world political duty.
We are fortunate with what's going on to see the measure of the people before us as options to run our country. Poilievre appears extremely incompetent and lacking in character to rise to what is happening. He is completely out of his element, stumbling, and enormously outmatched by Carney!
Poilievre seems easily agitated and has thin skin. Carney seems to be more reserved and exercises calm and patience.
You nailed it. For me this is the number 1 deciding factor for who I chose in business or as the leader for my country, it's my judgement of their emotional intelligence. Good outcomes in leadership arise from this. Right now our country needs a leader with emotional intelligence, and Carney's CV!
C’mon Rosemary Barton. Prove your naysayers wrong and rail against this. Were watching.
Grrr stupid autocorrect failed me “we’re” watching.
Look inside your self Clarice, er, I mean Rosie
I loved that line! Carney was absolutely correct. There is no "dirt” on Carney. Rosie’s opinion & false accusations without evidence is not responsible reporting. He has done everything asked of him by the book and is a successful, hard working & rich Canadian. He is an example of the best of us.🇨🇦👏🏻💪🏼
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So my question is: How long will Canadian news media continue to give him the same respect they give to the other candidates? We know the playbook - he’s a Trump follower who wants to destroy what we value about our country. He should not be normalized by the news media.
Well, Harper literally penned them up in a cage and they did nothing, so....
Canadians are too polite and we do as we are told … even our journalists
This may be somewhat true, Shannon. But the people managing the journalists have the power and responsibility to make decisions based on standards and ethics. I’d be surprised if these discussions weren’t happening. As for the decision…
Poor PP - cowering behind his handlers
If it looks like shit, sounds like shit, feels like shit & smells like shit, there's no need to taste it to know it's shit.
I hope that every reporter mentions this daily on the campaign and contrast it to Mark Carney, Jagmeet Singh, etc., and in there radio pieces, their videos and their print pieces they mention this every time they follow a story
Harper Handbook
They’re also not allowing journalists to talk to attendees at his rallies.
Since when do journalists need permission to ask people questions?
If true, makes me wonder if attendees are paid.
All reports should start their segments with the list of questions they were not allowed to ask.
He’s not letting other candidates speak! Here in Hellberta the media went to several campaign offices and no candidate was either available or refused an interview. Not holding and forums?!? Do they think they’ll get in by acclamation?? No one knocking on doors, people might ask questions 😳 scared??
The CPC controlled candidate interviews last time, had to submit requests for approval and in the end only one was approved
As an #Oilbertan I'm glad they don't come to my door. I'm too old for prison.
They do think they will win no matter what. They take the Western Province votes for granted. They have for a long time. Albertans vote Conservative regardless of how little they actually do for Alberta. Harper didn't get pipelines built/approved... Poilievre knows he will win there no matter what.
Exactly they take the voters for granted! I’ve never voted for a Con Ever! I hoping the outcome is different this time around. Too much complacency.
I feel like Alberta/Sask are the only ones that are die hard party supporters. I know in the Atlantic Provinces people tend to look at who's running and pick the "lesser of two evils" as we like to say. People aren't all in on any party and will switch as they see fit any election.
SK here: The diehard, never-change con supporters are overwhelmingly rural. The NDP got 40% of the vote and swept Regina and Saskatoon (except one seat) in the 2024 election. But it wasn’t enough to win because SK’s electoral map favours rural (which is also gaslit to believe the NDP is communist).
Not a surprise that he doesn't want to open up to any scrutiny. So tightly scripted means he is hiding so much...
Well then they can say what they will ask and have a change of heart when they actually get to ask a question. Let’s see what P.P’s team does then? Will they ban questions, if they do then P.P doesn’t deserve air time
How Harperesque!
Disgraceful
Polivierre is Broken.
He’s dumb as a rock.
Control the message, control the population. Goebbels would be proud! Demonstrates that the CPC are nazis in disguise.
Not much of a disguise these days
What a chicken 💩! He is not Prime minister material. Go away PP!
Even worse than his idol.
Nazis need to control the narative
Is he that insecure that he's afraid he might say the wrong thing? In that case, not someone that we want for PM. His handlers won't let him? If they have this much power over him, he's too weak to be PM. #NeverPoilievre #cdnpoli
It's right out of Harper's playbook. It's a sign of a controlling person... most controlling people can become abusive when given too much power
This is not just about screening questions, it is blatant authoritarianism. He has been getting a pass on this behaviour for 2 years ; insulting, evading, lying to MSM with very little scrutiny. His arrogance is similar to JD Vance.
If you truly have the goods, why do you need to screen? The press are hammering Carney too, and he's taking my follow-ups. Says a lot.
It's hard to make up bullshit on the fly that jives with the scripted bullshit you just spewed a few seconds ago, unless of course you deflect and run off on a tangent. All these right wing talking points are so transparent when pushed.Fucking charlatans, the whole lot. I can't stand their pressers.
Dear Reporters. Stop. Covering. Him. Then. Explain every news cast why you are unable to cover his campaign in a transparent way because of this. Anything else is normalizing the behaviour.
This is the obvious remedy. Starve him of coverage during an election, until he plays ball.
It's his choice. They don't want them around so don't be around, call us back if you reconsider we'd love to cover you.
Coward.
If PoiLIEvre can’t handle tough questions from Canadians, how would he be able to handle Trump, Vance & Rubio attacking him verbally in the White House, like they attacked Zelenskyy? Would he run away? Would he just keep repeating Combien? Over & over? PP is too FRAIL && WEAK to stand up for 🇨🇦 #🪓PP
Combien Combien Combien
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pp would have no trouble with the fellon's attacks, pp would just reply "Sir, Yes, Sir", very good sir, beautiful sir, it would be my pleasure sir,.....
Wow! Stooping to a new low!!
That's a lot of stooping
He's a coward and stupid to the facts or doesn't want his base supporters to understand the facts which = dangerous politician
This guy is a tRump wannabe. I did not vote for him and you shouldn’t vote for this one either!!! You’ve been warned!!!
News agencies need to not show up for his pressers and events. Walk. He’s disrespectful to Canadian’s and news groups. Don’t give him attention.
So submit an alternate question, then ask the one you want when given the chance. What's he going to do? Bannish you?
to el-PP-ador lolol
👆🏻is who Poilievre is. A sneak. He cannot be trusted. This election is easy Carney or Trump.
This has been a standard Con\Republican tactic for at least a decade or more. Just like refusing to debate and such. They know their ideas can't stand up to any real scrutiny. If they can't lie or otherwise control narrative, they have no chances of winning because a lot of their views are abhorrent
I'll take an order of "Canada is broken" with a side of "Canadians are stupid". Not‼️ PP can't resist showing us who he is. It's not pretty.
He is a wannabe. His entire platform and campaign was based on the Trump/MAGA playbook & Trudeau. The first, we want nothing to do with, the second is gone. MAGA Maple has nothing interesting to offer, nor does he have a plan. If anything, it is to bow to the Trump/MAGA cult.
Absolutely 💯
Doesn’t seem to be helping his campaign.
😂Kinda like to see that.
Poilievre is a coward, cheating the public of the right to scrutinize his policies and behaviour in the same manner as other candidates. Everything is a tightly controlled performance that lacks credibility. #cdnpoli #NeverPoilievre
Meanwhile I’m seeing bizarre #PurityTests jumping up demanding an elaborate series of excuses for not bothering to vote in this election We need #Citizens having more #social #engagement rallying #election #participation in #ridings #Canadians have a near 50% vote rate #CDNpoli 🍁 #CANpoli #CanadaSky
You don't want this guy, Canada, unless you want Donald Trump's mini-me.
So he should be challenged on this at every opportunity by every reporter, from.nkw until election day. Don't let him get away with this shit.
The less reporters ask - The less play time he’ll get
This tells volumes about him.
The audacity of this feeble-minded man is astounding. You won’t answer spontaneous questions posed by the media but you expect us to believe you will be transparent in your leadership of our country at a time when global corruption abounds? Pffft. #NeverPoilievre
Skippy Poilievre, instead of standing behind what he allegedly believes in is a craven, at every turn showing that yellow belly. He’s nothing. Just another Talker, and I will die laughing if he ends up losing his seat.
We need to continue to support @brucefanjoy.bsky.social and get out the voters in Carleton. Bruce is closing the gap and will be a strong community leader and advocate if he wins.
Cowards work I call it.
Pathetic.
#CBC reporters need to grow a pair of balls and stop reporting on PeePees campaign completely until he stops this interference. The tail is wagging the dog here, but the CBC is proactively bending the knee incase PeePee wins. pathetic
PeePee is as smart as a puck
He’s bragging about crowd size; I can’t believe it
They're all the same.
The easiest solution is to refuse to cover him.
Plus no security clearance. Carney for Canada
What a coward Poilievre is. He needs to explain why he won't answer questions. He's running for PM. He should be an open book.
They SHOULD be reporting this. Make it clear he is being evasive.
Exactly, every broadcast should start with this qualifier. Let Canadians decide.
PP won’t get security clearance and he isn’t transparent which tells me he has something to hide. Not the least bit qualified to lead this great nation. #voteliberal #cdnpoli
April 1st - Petty Harbour, Newfoundland #Cdnpoli #Elxn2025 canadianjournalist.ca/poilievre-ca...
This was autocratic behaviour
I feel sorry for the fish for having to endure Poilievre's stench 😐
Yes, they also raised this on power and politics.
I'll check it out online. 👍
And he wants to be PM? So if elected, conservatives would not allow freedom of the press? That is what he is showing us.
Yup... just like Trump.
I am surprises he doesn’t t have FOX news travelling with him. Ah wait he must have CTV then.
Close enough
Poilievre is being selective with questions is telling Canadians he will govern just like Trump
Exactly
just like his idol.
Exactly like all far right. They can’t think on their feet and be honest, so it’s their buddies or nobody
"Once again, Pierre Poilievre only answered prescreened questions and refused follow-ups. Our reporter on the field has more as the Prime Minister-hopeful dodges accountability." Every newscast every night pls.
Maybe they should just stop covering his campaign, and clearly state why.
Shut him down, turn him off, offer him the same courtesy he extends to the press (especially female reporters). I change the channel the second I hear his voice, you can do it too. Black him out
I am tempted, but I’d rather hear both sides so I can be confident that I’m well-informed. #NeverPollievre
Since his tune hasn't changed for at least 3 years, I doubt it ever will
Memories of the Harper years...Little PP will win Maga/Harper love(or what they call love)
Sounds a LOT like Harper back in the day.
CBC, if you ever air these Conservative press conferences, please lead with a claim that questions and journalists allowed to ask questions are prescreened, and restate that at end of segment. Canadians need to know.
That’s Conservative “transparency”.
And that will help little convoy boy how? www.ekospolitics.com/index.php/20...
Just another page from Trump’s book. Poor poor PP, whatcha gonna do? Things look rough for you, oh, whatcha gonna do?
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Trump wannabe. #NeverEverPoilievre
He’s going full “Trudeau” with the media.
They should quit attending and make sure everyone k owns how afraid Pierre is of them
Not acceptable!
Keep talking to friends to keep Poilievre out of Canadian politics 😊
He does have a lot to hide
Our journalists need to start wearing body cameras for their protection when covering #pp
