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Off the Record | Media goes into OVERDRIVE to attack Poilievre

April 26, 2024

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Off the Record | Media goes into OVERDRIVE to attack Poilievre

It’s Friday, so kick back, grab a drink and enjoy the latest episode of Off the Record with Andrew Lawton, Rachel Emmanuel/Ms. Emmanuel and Noah Jarvis!

Fu** Trudeau flags? Using unparliamentary language? “Extremists?!” This week, the legacy media obsessed over the fact that Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre had the audacity to meet with anti-carbon tax protesters in Atlantic Canada. In the now-viral video of the meeting, Poilievre can be heard accusing PM Justin Trudeau of lying about “everything” and calling the carbon tax “bulls**t.” Legacy media are apparently shocked that a widely-hated tax is, well, widely-hated by actual Canadians.

Plus, desperate to make gains in the polls, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh has been accusing Poilievre of wanting to dump “toxic waste” into waterways. There’s only one problem – Singh’s claim is false. Poilievre has never said anything remotely close to what the NDP leader is saying.

These stories and more on Off the Record. Tune in now!

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A Canadian broadcaster and columnist, Andrew serves as a journalism fellow at True North and host of The Andrew Lawton Show.

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Rachel is a seasoned political reporter who’s covered government institutions from a variety of levels. A Carleton University journalism graduate, she was a multimedia reporter for three local Niagara newspapers. Her work has been published in the Toronto Star. Rachel was the inaugural recipient of the Political Matters internship, placing her at The Globe and Mail’s parliamentary bureau. She spent three years covering the federal government for iPolitics. Rachel is the Alberta correspondent for True North based in Edmonton.

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