The self-styled free speech defender’s latest target: the jargon used by the federal bureaucracy.
In a new video posted to social media, the apparent front-runner is promising to enact what he calls the “Plain Language Law,” which he says would bring an end to government jargon, including in legislative documents. Poilievre says the law would ensure government publications are instead written in simple, straightforward sentences, but he didn’t explain how such a law would work – or how the bill itself would be written without using jargon.
He argues government documents are needlessly complicated because the bureaucrats who write them use overly technical language, which creates hurdles for small businesses that have to read them. The fight for fewer words appears to be one Poilievre takes personally, as he complained about politicians’ use of jargon in a speech given more than a decade ago.
Do we really need a law for that?
How about politicians not allowed to speak for 5 minutes and actually say nothing that answers the question. Eg no comment at this time= I don't have a clue. I am studying recommendations on that=hope the minions can give me an answer. SEE NO CHANGE
I call bullshit
So is he going to prosecute himself?
Is the word “jargon” in fact jargon?
Henceforth, in honour of simple English, Pierre Poilievre to self-identify as Pee Pee.
his new name is..Pierre 'word salad'Poilievre
You dont need 'a new law'..... you can just 'fix it' literally.
None are worse than that guy.
odd priority for these times
Nothing but far lefty comments on this thread🙄 Can’t believe all the sheep comments claiming PP will do exactly what JT has been doing to us all along!!
Is book banning next
Poor peirre cannot understand it after 20 yrs. Lol this is the best the CPC_HQ has to offer what a joke they have become.
pp gonna hire an army of word gatekeepers
This little sissy will say anything he thinks the public wants to hear, even if he has no intention of following through.
So the guy preaching freedom wants to control even the words used. Weird.
BRILLIANT! We’ve had 2 Trudeaus as P.M. so it’s only fitting we have 2 Pierre’s eh? 👍 LetsGoPoilievre
BRILLIANT! We’ve had two Trudeaus as PM so it’s only logical we have two Pierre’s eh? LetsGoPoilievre 👍
Its for his supporters. He will pass laws in cartoon format
Well, that was a one sided love letter to fearless leader StephTaylorCP Supporting the importance of doing 'something' about a problem did not exist until it was created to make people mad is propaganda, not journalism.
Pierre, show us how you can write this law without government jargon.
so? You literally want the Conservatives to lose, what are the other candidates saying? According to the there is no other Conservative it's just 'controlled opposition' Put someone to 'oppose' that is useless and call it a 'democracy' wow your agenda is obvious
Translation: Grade 4 level reading and comprehension levels for his low information base.
FACE IT, HE’S AN EXTREMIST!
Can’t wait to hear the Conservatives talk straight! “Everything we do is to help the rich hoard wealth!”
So let me get this straight... this clown wants to pass a law to remove language used in a specialty field of labour? We have a term for this. It's 'Newspeak'. Big Brother will be watching...
OMG how incredible is this sub human. I wonder what his wife thinks?
Um.... I thought Conservatives were supposed to be for free speech and against compelled speech. He's meant to have read 1984 to avoid it, not to see himself as Big Brother.
gotta dumb it down for his base
A sure sign of fascism is when they promise to regulate language…
He's saying he believes Canadians are too stupid to understand the law. He's calling us stupid to our faces, people.
“Gate Keeper” jargon & meaningless slogan king says what? 😂 PierrePoilievre PPWordsGatekeeper NeverVoteConservative
Seems we got ourselves a language gatekeeper here. And we all know how language talk goes down in Quebec. Tabernac!😬
Skippy promising more gates. Only difference - he will be the sole gatekeeper.
How about a new law prohibiting politicians like him lying about everything, hanging around with insurrectionists etc...
Not a leader
Pierre works on the assumption that people won't read, independently think, or vote.
Alternate caption: Inspired by his hero Trump, Pierre demonstrates where he likes to 'grab 'em'.
A promise he cannot legally keep.
Liberalism is a toxic ideology. Ban that
Let's start with Justinflation
Says the gatekeeper yelling empty slogans about gatekeepers
PierrePoilievre You will need more 'gatekeepers' to keep us 'unfree' Canadians in line!
George Orwell called it Newspeak! It’s designed to keep people dumb and incapable of organized revolt.
The alternative would be Edd-ju-kayshun. Not at all PP’s big plan.
Pierre can be interesting but this is silly
What gobbledegook!
MP since 2004. In government from 2006 to 2015. No private member's bill ever. Nothing said until now.
Goof
LOL. The hard hitting issues
A 'law' to control...free speech? 🤔🙄🤷♀️
In fact, he has a whole list of words he wants the government to use.
Dumb it down for his followers? Lol sounds about right
More gatekeepers?
This is such hooey. I'm a tech writer. This entire century, I've worked on fed gov't projects. All documents intended for the general public are written at a Gr8 level. This allows for greater comprehension and eases translation. Feral dogs perk their ears when PP speaks.
The Globe and Mail getting their alternative facts from Facebook...good grief, he's crazy, that should be the headline!
You can't gad about with a name that sounds like it could be referenced in Star Trek lore as the inventor of an improved antimatter containment field and then say you're against jargon
BREAKING: Pietre Poilievre appoints Jordan Peterson as Minister of Words You're Not Allowed to Say.
He's just making it up as he goes along.
How many gatekeepers will be needed?
conservatives can go fly a ripped kite
PierrePoilievre all that you need to do is keep your mouth shut ! Problem solved !
So he's gatekeeping language?
Wait, this is a parody account now?
Is this The Beaverton?
Making government documents easier to read and ridding it of useless jargon is a good thing?
Squirmy Unkind weasel
He wants govt controlling speech?
What a tool
Let’s call it’s the Nlagj Act.
Water Healthcare Schools Covid Climate change All topics Skippy can't handle. So... fake language and meaningless changes to vernaculars. That's his speed.
Does he give examples? Like gatekeepers? Or freedom? He is the king of jargon.
So he's going to gatekeep speech.
This guy is all for freedom
There should be a law against a person 'running for PM' when there is no such thing in Canada. How about start with that? PierrePoilievreIsLyingToYou pierrepoilievrethecoward
Big words bad. Me no like.
Ha ha ha
What a clown ... we have to dumb it down for Skippy
Will Poilievre be the new conservative leader? The crystal ball predictions says ”yes”. Will Poilievre be the next Prime Minister of Canada with a majority government? I changed the crystal ball batteries to make sure all ok and the prediction says “yes”.
Guaranteed to leverage synergistic alliances with collaborative stakeholders highly invested in vocabulary-averse pursuits.
Is this a parody account? You guys are joking right😂🙄
Governing by phobias! He’s the biggest jargon boy ever
The Conservative mantra: “Perfection is achieved not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to subtract,” Poilievre said.
So dumb it down instead of educating?
'Gatekeepers' is jargon.
The cpc are the one warning people of new speak while doing a little trolling to implement it themselves
He's just outing why he hasn't accomplished anything in his entire 18 year political career. PP: 'Laws and Government are complex guys. Let's dumb it down for me please?'
How about a law against Poilievre's language dog-whistling white supremacists & their 'anglo saxon replacement' theory?
Pierre is now telling us how to talk... Yeah Mr Freedom is not very free
Language police, really now, I thought he wanted to rid the country of “gatekeepers”?
People tend to be smarter than what they are given credit for, but people do need to be met at their level of understanding. While the sentiment behind the law is welcome, outright banishment not the right move.
Gatekeeper? PierrePoilievre
He should start by improving his French.
We're watching a slow decline here. Does no one care about him? He needs help.
Freedom, freedom, but only for PP and his buddies. The rest of Canada is not entitled to freedom, we must knuckle under.
So. I legal language anymore. Who decides what the right language is The Gatekeepers
he also promised no more than 2 term politicians, yet here we are.
So free speech is out again?
Haha! He should look in the mirror.
That's right... 'no words longer than 5 letters' so the average Poilievre voter can understand what he's (always, 'he's') reading.
Imagine that! Pepe wants to be the one and only arbiter and gatekeeper.
Mr Gatekeeper strikes again I see How soon before he starts his own version of “don’t say gay”
Thats all we need a mini trump in canada giving a voice to nutbars across canada!!!!!
Sounds like he wants to be the gatekeeper of language.
More GateKeepering from PierrePoilievre who says he isn’t going to GateKeeper PierrePoilievreIsLyingToYou
He wants us to subscribe to his vocabulary. Sounds Dictator-ish. Sounds something like this, 'Don't say nor do anything I say or do. That's called gaslighting and grifting. Now call me Gatekeeper of Language.' PierrePoilievreIsLyingToYou
There's nothing like policing speech to demonstrate the depth of your commitment to free speech.
G&M Stenographer claims PP has one of the largest followings on social media, 400k vs 6M for PMJT. Sloppy law language will clog the courts for years. cdnpoli
Wow. Let's outlaw big words. Next ...all policy written in crayon
Yeah, but he's not clear on what Government Jargon is
Just stop educating the masses afterwards, like the USA
That requires a 'gatekeeper' does it not. Asking for a friend
But all Anglo-Saxon jargon is presumably fine.
Isn’t that gatekeeping? Didn’t he promise to remove gatekeepers?
For a man that speaks constantly about Freedom he sure plans on taking a lot of freedom away. I believe that’s called a Dictator 🤷♀️
Let me fix your headline: Pierre Poilievre promises new law to compel public officials to use language approved by him
Guy who can't clarify what his campaign slogan means wants everyone else to use smaller words.
Pierre seems to be a lot more focused on things he's not going to allow anymore than things he will allow. Isn't that going to require more gatekeepers rather than fewer?😏
He must be in Putin's pocket as well.
Oh he’s just getting started…
What to allow him to continue supporting the FreeDumbers. And spread his garbage. No thanks.
Wth? The jargon he uses?
Yesterday was gatekeeping the WEF - now the English language. How many of his pack actually buy this crap?
Who takes this seriously?
Totally support removing all the government mumble jumble.
He doesn't want them fancy city lawyers writin' laws in those fancy words!! Laws have to be precise to have minimal impact. Guidelines exist to put those laws into language people can understand. He is manufacturing outrage....again.
Because what every gov’t should be focussing on is creating another bureaucratic level of govt for taxpayers to cover. Does another family member need a job?
globepolitics So ... suppressing speech? Controlling communication?
We're going to have fun policing his jargon for the next bit. He better not be using that Right Wing doublespeak like 'cancel culture' 'woke' etc. No one knows what the heck that really means beyond buzz words that sound like something bad.
This guy will promise the moon, mars and everything else to get elected. It just shows how desperate he is.
JessieSutherl11 Get rid of misunderstood jargon like business case, IBC, opportunity cost pigeonomics
So instead of the Federal Government having lawyers to ensure policy is as intended.. the CPC and PierrePoilievre will hire Pat King to translate legal text into Anglo-Saxon..
So all of my fellow mouth breathers will understand it.
Because his supporters don’t know big words
I just rolled my eyes so hard I have a headache 🤕
We currently have at our disposal the freedom to use words from our dictionairies as they were meant. PP wants to take away this freedom. Limit what words and how we use them.
This is almost up there with Harper’s Barbaric Cultural Practices hotline in terms of things that nobody needs and no one asked for.
Gatekeeping 101.
The Anti-gatekeeper becomes the gatekeeper of free speech, oh the irony
How about simply a law against gov't?
Guidelines re: legislative drafting, legal and policy writing already stress the importance of writing in plain and understandable language. Technical language and legalese is already no longer the norm. Ex see: Begs the question: why is this necessary?
Like the rigged surveys from the Canadian govt. “ which of the following projects should we spend your money on?” — no “do nothing” option.
Says the king of doublespeak! Hilarious 🤣🤣
All politicians should be banned from using terms such free or subsidized. And be compelled to say tax payer funded.
He wants language police!
I agree in principal but how can this possibly work as a law as opposed to a policy directive?
And all the faux elites scream in terror
No law needed/just competent writers with a priority on communication,not control.
So he opposes free speech. Good to know. Won't be voting for this fascist who wants to control how people talk.
Excellent
Give it up. As an editor, I've been trying to impose that for more than three decades. It's a living. cdnmedia
He is calling it the NLAGJ act .
He's legislating actual political correctness ... who's going to challenge him on that?
This is the guy who uses the word “freedom” when he means selfishness.
Simple solutions for simple minds. Literacy and comprehension are too complex for the convoy supporters.
Can we also have a law against Poilievre jargon?
Pierre Poilievre promises prosaism prohibition?
globepolitics Has he yet promised the moon and the stars?
PierrePoilievre the language gatekeeper.
Who falls for this level of foolish …
Because freespeech 🤷🏻♂️ seriously though, if he is taking about government accountability and efficient communication I am all for something like this in Canada
The current grade 5 reading level is too much
While some people are scratching their heads, what PierrePoilievre is promising makes sense. It will write legislation in easy to understand English rather than legalese. May actually get Canadians more involved in what their elected officials are doing. cdnpoli Pierre2025
Pierre has had a career in politics to make changes. What a huckster!
Depopulation is working via the bioweapon injections and psychological engineering of self-sterilization using sexual orientation confusion - even in children.
Glad to see the Conservatives are focused on things that matter.
Good, this BS needs to end.
I'd like a law against him and his lies please.
What does that even mean? How would it be enforced?
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