• wise_pancake@lemmy.ca
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    17 hours ago

    It’s not even like he bought those on the tax payers dime, the man worked at the top of his field with generational talent, now he’s running for prime minister.

    And since when did conservatives care what rich people spend their money on?

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      41 minutes ago

      Exactly. Let’s talk about the royal mansion that Galen Weston is able to afford thanks to the overpriced food he’s got a shared monopoly over.

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      5 hours ago

      Dude is a major part of why Canada didn’t get hit hard by the 2008 global financial recession. That’s more than PP going to accomplish in his political career (even if he could do it several times over) He can have his $2k shoes as far as I’m concerned.

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      15 hours ago

      I mean, if he wasn’t a complete hypocrite about it, then he would also get rid of any MPs on his side that wore any expensive clothes or accessories, but he never even mentions that his sides doesn’t do it, because he can’t afford the possibility of bringing attention that way.