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The legacy media's unfair attacks against Pierre Poilievre

Canada's legacy media is casting Conservatives as unpatriotic to shield Mark Carney from criticism. Harrison Faulkner examines why that narrative falls apart under scrutiny

The legacy media in Canada have now decided that the only way to keep covering for Mark Carney is to label the Conservative Party and the conservative movement in Canada as unpatriotic. Even by the low standards Canadians now have for the legacy media, this is somehow a new low.


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Today, the mainstream media has decided to manufacture a "patriotism problem" among the right. Criticism of the Conservative Party is increasingly framed around questions of loyalty and patriotism rather than policy. The result is a political narrative that attempts to redefine who is allowed to claim the mantle of defending Canada. Harrison Faulkner argues that this must be rejected.

Harrison examines how this narrative has emerged, why it ignores Canada’s political history, and how conservatives are pushing back against accusations that they are somehow less committed to the country.

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