The Political Pearls of Kevin O’Leary

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The Political Pearls of Kevin O’Leary

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Where does our (maybe) next PM stand on family values, national pride and the greater good? Read on.

By David Beers , 18 Jan 2017 | TheTyee.ca David Beers is founding editor of The Tyee.

PHOTO: O’Leary to TMZ: ‘I don’t think of North America anymore as Canada, the United States and Mexico.’

The world really could use another rich reality TV celeb as chief of state, so Kevin O’Leary is stepping up. Today the Shark Tank star officially sets his sights on becoming Canada’s prime minister once he has led the Conservatives back to majority rule in 2019. Should that day come, expect these guiding principles for an O’Leary government, given what the relentlessly self-promoting if not all he’s cracked up to be investor has stated publicly already.

FAMILY VALUES

Dump your fiancé, chase wealth and lots of girlfriends. That’s what O’Leary advised when asked if being a “prosperous entrepreneur” makes it difficult to be attentive in a relationship and do a fair share of parenting. According to Press Progress, O’Leary answered by telling a story about a business student whose fiancé told him: “I can’t stay with you anymore, you have no time for me, you’re all consumed — school all day, business all night.”

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Afraid of the rise of a Canadian Trump? Progressive populism is the answer

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Martin Lukacs Thursday 16 February 2017 20.42 GMT

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Anti-establishment sentiment is surging to a record high—the question now is who will capture and channel it.

There are no quick fixes, no easy way of stopping O’Leary or spurring Trudeau. It will take face-to-face organizing among hundreds of thousands of people in Canada, part of a task of fostering new momentum behind left-wing movements. But the country is as primed for it as it ever will be. You don’t want a Canadian Trump to ascend in Canada? Start building this progressive populist alternative.

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Right wing populism in Canada is not to be underestimated

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By: Lori Lee Oates | February 19, 2017

With Conservative leadership candidate Kevin O’Leary mimicking some of Donald Trump’s campaign tactics, nothing should be taken for granted.

QUOTE: "O’Leary, like Trump, has long been outspoken with his conservative views on economics and personal responsibility, particularly through his various television ventures. Like Trump, he has no experience in government. And, perhaps most critically, O’Leary does not speak French, a fact that leads many to believe he could never be prime minister of Canada. Until the American presidential election last November, I would have said O’Leary could never garner enough support to win the CPC leadership, much less the Prime Minister’s Office. Now, however, I believe this man is not to be underestimated, even in a country where so many of us pride ourselves on our liberalism."