When President Richard Nixon won a landslide in his 1972 reelection, he did so by broadening his own personal popularity and the appeal of the Republican Party to blue collar and unionized workers. It was called the hardhat vote and many working people embraced Nixon because he seemed to be talking the same language as they were. Nixon talked about law and order and getting tough on crime; safer streets and harsher penalties for serious crime. Although unionized workers had traditionally voted for the Democratic Party and seen the Republicans as the party of the wealthy, by 1972 the Democrats had moved far to the left on social issues and were completely out of touch with average Americans who saw Democratic presidential nominee Sen. George McGovern as being soft on crime and approving of the anarchy on the streets.
“He wants more power. He wants all of the power to do whatever he wants to do. Mark Carney cannot be trusted with this power. Mark Carney cannot be trusted to protect workers,”
-Union leader Karl Lovett
It’s precisely the language that Conservative Party of Canada leader Pierre Poilievere is speaking in the 2025 federal election. As support for the New Democratic Party has collapsed throughout the election campaign, don’t think most of it is going to the Liberal Party. Poilievre has been targeting blue collar workers for years with his emphasis on the trades and talking about middle class tax cuts and safe streets. A factory or construction worker is middle class and just want an affordable lifestyle for their families. They don’t have a lot of time for the woke underbelly of the Liberals or the NDP and are increasingly reluctant to support either party because both have appealed to elites.
Listen to Karl Lovett, the president of the Local 773 of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, talk about Carney corruption and why he is supporting Poilievre and the CPC in 2025.
“Mark Carney also failed to pay $5 billion in Canadian taxes by hiding his company's assets in Bermuda above a bike shop. Hard to believe that information comes from Canada's NDP, or at least who is left of them, because the irony is, Mark Carney has eaten all those people alive. Even the mayor of Lima has warned Canadians not to vote for Mark Carney, and why for ripping him off the poorest of the poor people in Peru. That's who he ripped off,” Lovett said.
“Listen, there are countless other outrageous examples proving that Mark Carney doesn't give a damn about the Canadian working man. And now, as prime minister, which he's not, Carney is promising to put carbon tax and tariff on the auto industry. It's another rip-off screen that's right. We're getting punched by Trump on one side of the border, and Carney plans to punch us on this side of the border, also pretending it's all about climate change, and now he's made millions off the workers' backs. He wants more than money. He wants more power. He wants all of the power to do whatever he wants to do. Mark Carney cannot be trusted with this power. Mark Carney cannot be trusted to protect workers,” Lovett continued.
The union leader told a cheering crowd that “Mark Carney is in it for himself, and when he loses this election, you can bet Mark Carney is going to leave Canada in a New York minute. But there's hope, there's hope, there's our last hope. His name is Pierre Poilievere - the .only hope for Canadian workers. You see Mark Carney fooled Justin Trudeau. We can't let him keep fooling us.”
“Local 773, which I represent, knows Pierre Poilievre very well. We can proudly tell you that Pierre has our back. Pierre has been putting Canadian people to work and Canadian workers. First, local 773 began working with Pierre Poilievre, the Conservative Member of Parliament Chris Lewis, some years ago, when it became all too clear that the Liberal Party had zero interest in helping out workers. Upon winning the leadership of the party, Pierre made Local 773 his very first priority, he came to my union hall. Pier made the Local 773 Visitor Training Center, and he met all our workers, and he made a pledge to me; he's not going to turn his back on us, and I believe him,” Lovett said.
Toronto Sun columnist Joe Warmington agreed with me and you can hear that entire interview, below. “Labor wants to work, and they want to, you know, build things, and they want those good, paying jobs, and that's what Poilievre has always been about, you know.”
“Again, it's hard to know, but I always felt … and I still think that Poilievre is going to pull this off because of these reasons that you've raised today, I never really bought into and again, I'm just one person's opinion, and I go on the ground. In the air, the polls are saying, I know there's this Mainstreet poll today, maybe it'll swing differently. But in the air, it says one thing, and on the ground, it says another thing. And that clip you just showed, that's the ground, that's where the workers are, that's where the families are.”
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Your article is way more accurate than the “polls”. The union working class vote is moving in a large way from the now useless NDP to the Conservative Party led by Pierre Poilievre. Pierre’s tireless travels and rallies across Canada and his taking the time with countless numbers of Canadians over the past few years will pay off. I’ve been seeing this trend for some time now. The Liberal party today has no resemblance to the party that Canadians have known for years. We can’t get them out of office fast enough, to get Canada back on track. 🇨🇦 🗳️
Your article is way more accurate than the “polls”. The union working class vote is moving in a large way from the now useless NDP to the Conservative Party led by Pierre Poilievre. Pierre’s tireless travels and rallies across Canada and his taking the time with countless numbers of Canadians over the past few years will pay off. I’ve been seeing this trend for some time now. The Liberal party today has no resemblance to the party that Canadians have known for years. We can’t get them out of office fast enough, to get Canada back on track. 🇨🇦 🗳️
People who actually work for a living, are tired of having their living stolen.