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Pierre Poilievre's speech aboard WestJet flight sparks strong reaction online (calgary.ctvnews.ca)
submitted 2 years ago by girlfreddy@lemmy.world to c/canada@lemmy.ca
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Videos of it were posted on social media feeds Monday, resulting in both support for the opposition party leader and questions about whether it was appropriate for a party leader to speak on a public flight, as the flight was not a charter exclusively for Conservative Party supporters.

A WestJet spokesperson, replying to an email from CTV News, said that while it was a public flight, it was actually added in order to accommodate delegates flying to the Conservative Party convention in Quebec City.

"The flight was added to our schedule and advertised as a flight serving the CPC convention. As it was a commercial flight however, guests who booked the flight were not required to indicate if they were attending the convention and therefore we are unable to determine if there were guests onboard who were not attending.

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[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 44 points 2 years ago (1 children)

imagine being mad about a flight you weren't even on

As if we need to be specifically immediately affected by a really bad idea before we can see it's a bad idea.

What, is Object Permanence a challenge for this Jennifer person?

[–] MapleEngineer@lemmy.ca 31 points 2 years ago

I mean...Conservatives are upset about who people that they don't even know are having sex with, what women they don't even know are doing with their bodies, who is reading stories in libraries to children they don't even know, etc so there is that.

[–] ttmrichter@lemmy.world 30 points 2 years ago (1 children)

...we are unable to determine if there were guests onboard who were not attending.

If you can't determine this don't give a fucking bullhorn to a fucking psychopath whose message may be offensive to your paying fucking customers you fucking cretins!

[–] BedSharkPal@lemmy.ca 17 points 2 years ago

This seems like it shouldn't be legal...

[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 15 points 2 years ago

As a non-con this makes me feel a bit queasy towards WestJet.

[–] 44razorsedge@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago

Excellent, WESTJET has an open mic policy!!! This will never bite them in the ass...

[–] frostbiker@lemmy.ca 11 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Next time I fly WestJet I will rehearse my stand-up routine, given the precedent they have set. I'm sure they will allow me.

[–] Rocket@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

It wouldn't be unheard of for a celebrity to take the mic on an airline (not necessarily Westjet).

As long as the people on the plane know who you are, it is likely that they would allow you. That's the privilege of fame.

[–] TheTactfulSaboteur@lemmy.ca 11 points 2 years ago

Imagine the conservative uproar if this was JT. They would be absolutely losing their shit.

[–] mosscap@slrpnk.net 6 points 2 years ago

What a fucking asshole