The Elite have Betrayed the People - Canada’s Opposition Leader, Pierre Poilievre
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What is the main issue facing the working class in the Western world?
The biggest phenomenon in the Western world over the last decade or two has been the total betrayal of the working class, the people who make stuff, fix stuff, move stuff, and build stuff. Their opportunities are absolutely destroyed by massive government interventions that have concentrated wealth among a very small group of well-connected insiders.
You're focusing on the narrow economic part of it, but I think what Francis is alluding to is there's... It's the same thing. Well, is it, though? Because there's a cultural and ideological dimension to this as well, because, say, the policy of net zero, which is just economic suicide. It's the same thing.
Exactly the same thing, because it's being used as a pretext to concentrate money and power in the hands of the state.
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How has government intervention affected wealth distribution?
Pierre Polly, welcome to Trigonometry.
Great to be with you. Thanks for having me.
It's great to have you. You're obviously very close to becoming the Prime Minister of Canada. That didn't happen in very interesting and challenging circumstances. We'll talk about that. But it's great to have you. And the first thing we actually want to do is just to hear your perspective very broadly on what you see happening in the Western world geopolitically today. There's obviously a huge realignment going on. What do you see? What do you think?
Well, listen, I think that the biggest phenomenon in the Western world over the last decade or two has been the total betrayal of the working class. The people who make stuff, fix stuff, move stuff and build stuff. The younger people who are entering the job market and trying to start a life who have seen their opportunities absolutely destroyed. by massive government interventions that have concentrated wealth among a very small group of well-connected insiders. And that, I think, has caused enormous amounts of political instability. It has caused a resurgence of both socialism and of protectionism. And now is a time, I think, for us to push back against that betrayal and give people back control of their lives.
And that is true right across the Western world.
What are the implications of net zero policies on the economy?
It's especially true in Canada. We need to restore home ownership. bring back sound money, allow people to actually benefit from their hard work, and basically restore meritocracy, which was the very principle, the driving principle of Western economics for two and a half centuries. So I think that's really the big question of whether or not the Western world is going to reinstate meritocratic free enterprise, or whether it's going to continue to concentrate undeserved benefits through state capitalism and big government.
Well, on the cultural level as well, a lot of things seem to have happened. I mean, you talk about free enterprise, but what about just people being free to speak their mind, to make their own decisions? One of the things that we were frankly, truly horrified by, even given that COVID restrictions in this country were pretty stringent, is some of the things that happened, people who were protesting against things in Canada, having their bank accounts taken away. We had supporters of our show writing in going like, please, can you cover this? Is there something about Canada, the Canadian psyche, that made you guys more susceptible to this?
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the main issue facing the working class in the Western world?
0:02–1:38
2
How has government intervention affected wealth distribution?
1:38–3:04
3
What are the implications of net zero policies on the economy?
3:04–10:17
4
How does Pierre Poilievre view the Canadian government's approach to individual freedoms?
10:17–19:19
5
What role does immigration play in Canada's economic challenges?
19:19–37:25
6
How is Pierre Poilievre planning to address the housing crisis in Canada?
37:25–47:02
7
What is the impact of AI on the future of work and meaning in life?
47:02–57:06
8
How does Pierre Poilievre propose to restore meritocracy in Canada?
57:06–59:19
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