Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has fired back at Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for criticizing him for his opposition to “woke” policies, by saying the Liberal government’s current priorities have contributed to high inflation and increased crime rates.
“I’m not woke, but I am common-sense and I will bring home a country that works for the people who actually do the work,” Poilievre said in a video posted to Twitter on May 5—one day after the prime minister took aim at the Official Opposition leader while speaking at the Liberal national convention.
While addressing delegates on the first day of the Liberal Party’s 2023 national convention in Ottawa on May 4, Trudeau said Poilievre is wrong to criticize the government for being “too woke.”…