THE LATEST | CANADATasha Kheiriddin/National Post: Deporting foreign criminals is exactly what US President Donald Trump promised to do during his 2024 election campaign. Since then, the word “deportation” has become a lightening rod, conjuring up images of American ICE agents detaining five-year-olds and shooting their own citizens. You can’t talk about this issue, and use the identical vocabulary, without being linked to the current administration in Washington.
So why is Poilievre using this language? There are two possible answers: one, he and his comms people don’t see it, or two, they do — and are making a calculated appeal to MAGA-friendly voters in Canada…