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How Pierre Poilievre’s ‘soft populism’ is riding a global wave of voter frustration

OTTAWA — If there is a common feature of the populist eruptions around the world this year it may be the belief that everyone in charge is just not up to the job.

Elites, experts, sacred institutions and, yes, even gatekeepers have been widely maligned.

And there are as many flavours of populism as there are countries. In Holland, long-time anti-immigrant campaigner Geert Wilders won the most seats in the recent general election, but may struggle to form a governing coalition.


Poilievre’s Housing doc.

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