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Harper returns in attempt to make Poilievre look charismatic #TheBeaverton thebeaverton.com/2025/04/harpe 🥇 “Former #PrimeMinister Stephen #Harper appeared at a Pierre #Poilievre campaign rally this week, in an attempt to make the current Conservative leader appear human and likeable by comparison.

With Poilievre’s poll numbers flagging, Conservative insiders invited Harper onstage in an attempt to suck so much energy out of the room that the current candidate might actually appear warm and lively.”

The Beaverton · Harper returns in attempt to make Poilievre look charismaticEDMONTON - Former Prime Minister Stephen Harper appeared at a Pierre Poilievre campaign rally this week, in an attempt to make the current Conservative leader appear human and likeable by comparison.

Welcome to my rabbit hole! The Harper and PP show in #YEG the other night surfaced (in my stomach and brain) the “Barbaric Cultural Practices Tip line” campaign promise. The good news is the smart folks at University of Toronto have been archiving “Canadian Political Parties and Interest Groups” since 2005.

#UTL #Archives #Libraries #Harper #poilievre

youtu.be/YFFReSjidho?si=7_mXO7

archive-it.org/collections/227

Harper first chose Mark Carney, not Pierre Poilievre. “Stephen Harper appointed me governor of the Bank Canada. We — I — worked closely with the late and great Jim Flaherty during the financial crisis. I note that Pierre Poilievre was not at any of those tables, was not given any of that responsibility, and note further that in subsequent years he has not gained any responsibility in managing crises or difficult situations.” PM Mark Carney #harper #poilievre #carney #vote thestar.com/politics/federal/p

Toronto Star · Pierre Poilievre ramps up his attacks on Mark Carney — with a little help from Stephen HarperBy Tonda MacCharles
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@OhOkKay @GottaLaff Thanks. Poilievre was a good student of Harper’s. What happened under Harper was the beginning of the end of Canada, as I know it. It took a while, but we —the Canadian people— got rid of that malignancy. Now it’s time to remember, and do it again.
ps. Poilievre and the Cons are NOT conservatives in the Canadian tradition. They are fascists. We are watching what that means, in practice, for USA

#cdnpoli #canpoli #harper #cons #elexn2025 #canada 🇨🇦

#NeverPoilievre #Poilievre #cdnpoli
I'm all for a more humane and just immigration policy (I'm an immigrant, as is most of my family) in Canada. Funny that Poilievre seems willing to turn a blind eye to family members who have their refugee claims rejected, cross illegally, and stay regardless. Having seen good people our family knew deported with little notice under #Harper, these sorts of "conservative exceptions" are maddening.

breachmedia.ca/hypocritical-pi

The Breach · 'Deeply hypocritical’: Pierre Poilievre slammed ‘illegal border crossers,’ but his own relative crossed and stayed ⋆ The BreachAnaida Poilievre’s uncle lived undocumented in Canada and received help from her and a MP. The Conservative leader has said such individuals should be ‘tracked down’ and ‘deported’

A longtime immigration enforcement official has been tapped to run the agency responsible for managing unaccompanied migrant children,
-- in a move that has alarmed experts and advocates
who are concerned that information about children and their families will be shared for arrests and deportations.

For the past two decades, an office within the Department of Health and Human Services has supervised children who cross the border without a parent or legal guardian.

The government handed this duty to the Office of Refugee Resettlement,
not its immigration enforcement agency,
underscoring that the process shouldn’t be punitive
but instead is meant to help safely place children with sponsors living in the United States.

That wall eroded during President Donald Trump’s first administration,
when the ORR began to share identifying information about unaccompanied children and their potential sponsors with Immigration and Customs Enforcement,
presaging a wave of arrests.

Congress put limits on this sharing and President Joe Biden stopped the practice
— but a new hire in Trump’s second administration has advocates and experts worried the separation between the agencies is once again breaking down.

#Mellissa #Harper, a veteran immigration enforcement officer at #ICE,
has been tapped to lead the #ORR, and oversee the care of unaccompanied migrant children

A review of legal documents shows that her tenure has been marked with litigation alleging violations of immigration law.

While she was leading the unit within ICE overseeing minors and families,
the agency was subject to a 2018 class-action lawsuit that challenged the transfer of teenagers into adult detention facilities on their 18th birthdays.

She led the family unit in 2018, when the administration implemented its “zero tolerance” immigration policy
and separated thousands of migrant children from their parents.

The former ICE official said that, during zero tolerance, the unit was not making separation decisions
but did have a role providing transportation of minors and coordination of their immigration cases.
propublica.org/article/immigra

ProPublicaICE Enforcement Official Tapped to Lead Unaccompanied Migrant Children Office, Triggering Alarms
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