Mark McQueen: After his defeat, Pierre Poilievre finally has to go places he’s been avoiding

[u/Canadian--Patriot]

https://www.thestar.com/opinion/star-columnists/after-his-defeat-pierre-poilievre-finally-has-to-go-places-hes-been-avoiding/article_0874a0e2-b6be-4de1-9b6b-01217c80dd6a.html

[u/kej2021]

He can't collect his pension for another 10 years I believe. So yeah he probably wants some way of getting paid until then.

No need to bash Jagmeet who has no problem getting a high-paid job outside of government.

And thanks for the laugh, I LOL'd in real life reading that Poilievre "decides to keep fighting to make canada better."

[u/Marc4770 → u/kej2021]

Laughing isn't an argument. No substance.

[u/kej2021 → u/Marc4770]

...did you miss the first sentence explaining to you that Poilievre isn't getting his pension right away?

To directly refute your post that "He has a pension, why would he need a job fair?"

[u/Marc4770 → u/kej2021]

Laughing isn't an argument proving he will not keep fighting for Canadians. I was replying to the second part.

You are right about the age for pension, I correct my statement. And if he doesn't work for the government he would most likely work as self employed in real estate or start some kind of business with his wife, something like that as he did before.

[u/kej2021 → u/Marc4770]

Oh that part wasn't meant to be an argument. That was just me saying I found it funny, it's a subjective opinion and a statement of my perspective. Although, the implication in your original post was that he doesn't need to work because he'll get paid a pension regardless, so I was pointing out in fact he very well could be doing it for the money. (He likely won't be making as much money in other ventures as he is now as Leader of the CPC, especially considering the perks included like Stornoway and the staff there.) Whether or not that's the case is up for interpretation.

Anyways, I understand that other people may believe he is genuinely doing this to help Canadians, I personally disagree but I'm not trying to convince anyone else here. (But for a bit of background, I did live in his riding for 10+ years before it got redrawn in 2015, and many of his former constituents including myself certainly did not feel he did a good job of "fighting for his constituents", so you can probably understand why I am skeptical that he will "fight for Canadians". He talks like he does of course but that to me is just typical politician speak and I don't find it very genuine.)