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Pierre Poilievre, working-class champion? The Roundtable on Poilievre’s anti-corporate rhetoric and Canada’s lost economic decade

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre speaks during a news conference in Vancouver. B.C., Thursday, Sept. 14, 2023. Ethan Cairns/The Canadian Press.

Executive Director Rudyard Griffiths and Editor-at-Large Sean Speer discuss a recent Hub essay on Canada’s “lost economic decade” and the cultural, economic, and political risks of experiencing a second lost decade. They also cover Pierre Poilievre’s speech to the business community in Vancouver last week, including the policy and political implications of a working-class conservatism.

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