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populism
Populist sentiments were highest in the 1990s.
She suggested that middle class insecurity fuels divisive populism.
Political discourse has gone downhill.
A core argument was the deceitful claim that it infringes on state sovereignty.
Police were forced to intervene with crowds prior to his appearance at the Munk Debates.
We need to continue to divest ourselves from any politicians that have espoused the politics of hate and division.
Kicking out Harper was only a beginning to rebuilding a progressive vision in this country. We must push back as a united voice against the politics of division, racism, Islamophobia, transphobia, homophobia, xenophobia and sexism that right-wing populists stir up in their cynical quests for power.
It's at times like the present when Vaclav Havel, former independence activist, playwright, and president of Czechoslovakia, might have something to offer us, despite the fact that he died some six years ago. It wasn't by accident that the New York Times called him the "global ambassador for conscience."
Radical populism has shown its ugly face during this leadership race, and that face is the dual-headed hydra of Kellie Leitch and Kevin O'Leary. The concern is that if radical populism in the Conservative Party is left unchecked, it threatens to overtake meaningful and nuanced candidates like Bernier and Chong.
