Since a flash mob of incels elected Pierre Poilievre to be the leader of His Majesty’s Loyal Opposition, many people have been asking what, exactly, has he accomplished in his almost 20 years as a Member of Parliament.

After first getting elected back in 2004 Poilievre spent about a decade keeping Harper’s lap warm and barking out talking points. Then, in 2014, Poilievre was the minister responsible for pushing through the Conservative’s Orwellian named Fair Elections Act.

Which lead to this:

International observers to monitor Canada’s election

““Some of the other issues that came up are around campaign finance, the participation of national minorities and aboriginal peoples.”
That new legislation is the Fair Elections Act. The bill became law last year and, among other measures, includes stricter identification requirements for voters — a change critics say makes voting more difficult for some Canadians. According to Roberts, the OSCE team is in Canada to monitor the effects of those changes.”

Among the changes in the bill was taking away the right to vote for people who have lived out of the country for more than five years.

You know, because if you are a Canadian who has been living and working overseas, that means you no longer care about your own country, so it’s only logical that you cannot vote! Right?

My own brother-in-law was NOT ALLOWED to vote in the 2015 election because of Pierre Poilievre’s “Fair” elections act.

Other changes included banning voting by having someone vouch for you (Approximately 120,00 used vouching in 2011) and banning the use of voter information cards to vote (400,000 in 2011).

Everything you need to know about the Fair Elections Act

Conservatives backed down on the vouching after facing fierce criticism and amended the bill to introduce an oath system where if a person had ID they could swear an oath. Then if a “valid” voter signs another oath, the first person would be allowed to vote.

So the old tactic of introducing the worst possible thing and then “giving in” with something slightly less horrible. (That still makes it harder for people to vote.)

At the time, Poilievre thought robbing hundreds of thousands of people of their right to vote was hilarious!

My dance partner in Richmond today. Nice guy. But no ID, so he can't vote for me. pic.twitter.com/9MTGAiXbs6

— Pierre Poilievre (@PierrePoilievre) September 20, 2014

To which I responded:

.@PierrePoilievre No worries, you can always vouch for the little fella, right! #cdnpoli #Canada #HarpersBus

— Jason Pugh 🏳️‍🌈 (@TheJasonPugh) September 20, 2014

And Pierre responded with:

@TheJasonPugh not anymore. Identify vouching is gonzo under Fair Elxn Act

— Pierre Poilievre (@PierrePoilievre) September 21, 2014

It’s hard to believe that there was a time when free speech absolutist, Pierre Poilievre, didn’t have me blocked on Twitter.

So I thought today, of all days, was the perfect opportunity to remind everyone of Mr. Gatekeeper’s previous attack on our democracy.

Happy Canada Day!

Jason Pugh