CUPE leader says Poilievre’s leadership would be “disaster” for working people

The president of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) says Pierre Poilievre winning the Conservative Party leadership will be a “disaster” for working people of Canada.

“It’s too bad that, unlike Andrew Scheer, Pierre Poilievre does not hold American citizenship, because he would be right at home as Governor of a state like Alabama,” said Mark Hancock in a particularly biting official statement.

Hancock described Poilievre as a “career politician” who has been collecting a six-figure salary on the public’s dime since he was 24. “He’s spent every minute of his time in office fighting against fair wages, good pensions and a better life for working people. He is not a worker, and he definitely doesn’t get what it means to be a member of the working class.”

The CUPE president added that Poilievre has spent his leadership campaign “making the Conservative Party a cozier place for far-right extremists and conspiracy theorists in order to sell memberships.”

“This isn’t your parents’ Conservative Party, or even Stephen Harper’s Conservative Party. It’s now Pierre’s Convoy Party of Canada.”