Conservative MP and party leadership candidate Pierre Poilievre is criticizing a media outlet that published an article that accuses him and some of his colleagues of sympathizing with the “far-right,” saying “No wonder trust in the media is at an all-time low.”
“One of Global News’ so-called journalists decided to smear me & thousands of other Canadians because we criticized the federal government’s unscientific & discriminatory vaccine mandates,” Poilievre tweeted on July 7.
Poilievre was commenting on Global News’ July 7 article “How close is too close to the far-right? Why some experts are worried about Canada’s MPs.”
The article criticizes Poilievre’s and other Conservative MPs’ support for veteran James Topp, who walked across Canada to protest vaccine mandates, as well as for the Freedom Convoy….