Conservative MP Pierre Poilièvre pushed back today against reporting that portrays the trucker’s “Freedom Convoy” against the government’s vaccine mandate as extremist in nature based on some comments from individuals who don’t represent the group. Poilièvre made the remarks in response to a question from a reporter in Ottawa who asked what he thought about the “extreme elements” latching on to the protest. Poilièvre said the question itself spoke to a larger problem with how what he characterized as “liberal media” portray protests organized by conservative groups. “What I think is interesting is that when there’s a left-wing protest on Parliament Hill, we don’t see the liberal media going through every single name of the people who attend, to try and find one person that they can disparage the whole group with,” he said in response to the reporter’s question on Jan. 27. The Tory finance critic says it’s normal with …
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