Pierre Poilievre doesn’t like anti-Trudeau flags, but understands anger behind them

Pierre Poilievre doesn’t like anti-Trudeau flags, but understands anger behind themOTTAWA — Federal Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says he doesn't like the expletive-laden flags some Canadians are using to denounce Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, but that he understands the anger fuelling such displays. "I don't like the flags, and I don't like rage," Poilievre said during an end-of-year news conference in Ottawa on Friday. The comments follow a blog post by former Conservative leader Erin O'Toole, who said one of his hopes for 2023 "is to see fewer profanity-laden Trudeau flags across Canada." The anti-Trudeau flags have become particularly linked to the "Freedom Convoy" protests, whose members Poilievre courted during his successful run for the Conservative leadership earlier this year. Asked about O'Toole's blog post and the flags, Poilievre said it's easy for politicians to tell people to stop complaining.