Poilievre's Conservative Party embracing language of mainstream conspiracy theories

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Poilievre's Conservative Party embracing language of mainstream conspiracy theories

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/poilievre-world-economic-forum-rhetoric-1.6935294

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"There's a lot of ideas that are now moving into the mainstream that are simply not supported by science, evidence or facts," he said. "But it doesn't matter and some of those politicians have been elected, like the current premier of Alberta."

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Populism has driven politicians to feed into conspiracy theories because they need votes, and fear is a great motivator, said Ahmed. They get less interest peddling for votes using their record.

"It's very easy to appeal to people that something is a threat," he said. "For example, your identity, your livelihood, your religious values."

Ahmed said it is affecting our democracy, pitting groups against each other, creating suspicion and harming national security by spreading misinformation that eventually affects policy.


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