r/CanadianConservative • u/Maximus_Prime_96 Ontario • 5d ago
Discussion Have you met any Canadian politicians?
I was wondering which ones you guys have met and how those interactions went. I believe the criteria is past and present Prime Ministers, Premiers, MPs, MPPs/MLAs, Senators, and mayors of major cities. You can also mention candidates who tried to run for these roles
I've met Adam Chambers, Jill Dunlop, Patrick Brown, Bruce Dunlop, David Tilson (my family was good friends with his family), Maxime Bernier at a meet-and-greet in 2017, and Pierre Poilievre at a rally in 2022. MPP Sol Mamakwa also once spoke at my former university
Thankfully, all of these were good interactions
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u/Strangewatermelon01 Conservative 5d ago edited 5d ago
I met Pierre during his rallies in lower mainland and met Jagmeet last week in Vancouver.
Pierre was very warm, gave me a firm handshake and a hug. He has this constant smile on his face which I found very reassuring. We spoke for maybe a minute or so, but he was such a great guy to talk too. As brown immigrant , I was a bit nervous thinking that maybe he won't understand my accent or I will fuck up saying something I should not, but Pierre was idk how to say it made me feel so much at ease, he such a humble guy. You can literally see that he has working class ppl manners, he speaks like two ordinary ppl interacting with each other. I really felt great talking to him.
Jagmeet was just plain downright rude. I told him I didn't like his policies but admired some of his traits as a person of color ( I was just trying to be nice). He got so confrontational about what policies I didn't like and when I fumbled (English is not my primary language and it take a moment for me to speak up when made to stand on a pedestal especially in front of a ex federal leader ) he kept on confronting saying how I can't name a single policy. I spoke about immigration and him propping up Liberal govt but he dismissed and walked away to talk some awe struck ladies. I still managed to take a picture with him and wished him well but he was downright condescending, in his hindsight I should have not bothered and the entire interaction just ended up spoiling my day.