Pierre Poilievre’s “Everything feels broken” video, which blames “safe supply” policies for homeless encampments in Vancouver, stirred up wide criticism from across the political spectrum, including from my National Post colleague, Chris Selley.
Apart from the policy prescription — favouring the Alberta treatment model over the British Columbia “harm reduction” model — the political play was to generate a contrast with “elite” opinion. It’s an argument with punch: the government provides free illegal drugs to those suffering from addiction while ordinary families face a shortage of children’s pain medication.
