Take Me To Church | Curse of Politics 

Scott's point that courting the evangelical vote doesn't sit well with Canadians is true to a point - I've seen how derisive many Canadians are about those who attend church. But it also feels gross to discriminate against politicians meeting with one religious group and not another. How many politicians go to mosques to court that vote? All of them. Do we hear anything about anti-LGBTQ views of that community? Never. I worry that the Liberals and NDP will once again try to pit Canadians against each other and demonize Christians in the process.

As an evangelical, I’m always amused how progressive political operatives talk about us as if we were a leper community that should be avoided at all costs. Most of our churches that have seen growth owe it to immigrants from Asian, African, and South American countries coming into our congregations. Visiting an evangelical church is often an effective way of reaching into many ethnic communities. Plus, evangelicals in Canada are much more diverse in their political ideology than the US version. I know many who are progressive in their thinking. Although you can only treat people with contempt for so long before it bites you in the backside. The discussion reminds me of a cut off and distant political class that is far removed from the reality of everyday Canadians.

Go to a mosque or temple and its viewed as positive, go to church .... handmaids tale lol its amazing

I think you guys are crazy to think this govt can hold on until 2026. Canadians will be in the streets if that’s the case.

Man, this Scott guy is more bitter than a bag of 🍋 🍋 🍋.

What is a pretty direct dog whistle?

Trope. If it’s Christian. Apparently not if it’s a mosque. I’m am SO SICK of this bs. Join The Let’s Further Divide Canadians Bandwagon, Jordan. I’m 4.50 into the podcast; such a lovely way to open the discussion.

Where are the unions David asked Jordan, well we know where the hierarchy is, but I'll bet my house where the members are at. Most are solidly in the Poilievre camp. I have many friends who work at Stellantis in Windsor and every one of them is now supporting Poilievre, and they tell me virtually all their co-workers are supporters as well.

Trudeau is not leaving before he hosts the G7 Summit next Spring and absorbs all the photo ops, networking and interviewing for post-PM life 😂😂

As an average Canadian guy with little understanding of religion why is this a huge deal but going to a mosque or synagogue not?

Im so glad the telecom company that funds this just layed off 7500 longtime employees and these people get to spew nothing burgers

I do wonder if some of your panelists have ever met anyone belonging to this exotic species “new Canadian evangelicals”. You might be amazed and even humbled by some of them. Might be worth getting to know a few. Also I do recall that there was a certain political party founded by a Baptist pastor. I think his name was Tommy Douglas. The left needs to ask how they lost these folks. It’s not too late.

Mainstream normies... But without the audience or relevancy 🤡🤡🤡

Cory holds his own quite well when up against two Libs and one dipper. Although I suspect Scott and David are more old-school Liberals. I've never noted Liberal but I would take a Cretien/Martin administration any day over what we have now.

As someone who tends to get put dead-center on the politcal spectrum, centrist parties are dying on the hill of bizarre ahistorical mass migration. For the love of (Evangelical) God why can't centrist parties just be normal and win by being normal?

I think a point that Liberals and supporters seems to forget is that those new Canadians, by far and large are very religious. Muslims, Hindus, Sikhs. There are also a lot of very christian immigrants. Ukrainians, Filipinos, and other Asians like Vietnamese tend to be very Christian. Considering that the overwhelming majority of the immigrant population is socially conservative, it is and investment, not a liability. These people voted liberals for a long time. Until the gender ideology and new woke social values came into play. I think Liberals are in for a harsh awakening in the future. Especially if we continue to receive immigrants from the middle, east, India and southeast Asia. No wonder Pierre is talking about social issues so much. It's the different between talking to the electorate and talking to PMO sycophants.

Come on David, what do you have against Sam Cooper?

Charities report that the drop in religiosity is making it more difficult to raise money for charity. Religious people are more likely to donate time and money. Leftist abandonment of the religious voting base strikes me as upstream of the dearth of donations with which they can fund that ad campaign.

scott trudeau is so negative

Kory please don’t set your hair on fire. You would lose your suaveness 😂 and your beret wouldn’t fit as well. ❤🫶🏻 No talk of Garneau’s book?? You cowards 😂 Scott & Jordan are reaching their best before date on this pod. 👋🏻👋🏻 and FYI Kory has often been critical of Pierre and some of his tactics, antics, missteps. Pay closer attention Scott rather than talking over people and the constant pearl clutching. But at least you’ve eliminated the screeching of your “grievance politics!!!!” screed. Jesus H. Touch grass.

My call is Trudeau will feign capitulation (he actually likes this idea) to Singh's demand to put ENGO's on Canadian bank and financial institutional boards in exchange for extending the supply and confidence agreement to 2026. An ND LPC merger must also quietly being considered.

I’m a Catholic and don’t believe what evangelicals believe but the dozens I’ve met are lightyears more pleasant than your average progressive.

The 3/4 left of centre pundits show how little they understand the evangelical subject. Kory is right, these are safely ethnic voters. They're not visiting Henry Hildebrandt. Generally, white evangelicals in Canada would feel a little weird seeing a politician give a partisan speech in church. A church predominantly made up of new Canadians, on the other hand, sees itself as a source of cultural resources for its members, and meeting the next PM is a cultural resource. If you're a Conservative who wants to take a bunch of Liberal seats in the GTA, these are the people you go and see.

Please tell me others have "don't blame me" stuck in their head now and that I'm not the only crossover between politics and being a swiftie

They are missing a big undertone that is likely not talked about much in their bubble….pegging evangelicals as the boogeymen that Canadians don’t like may have had some negative weight in the past, but now it is more about freedom. Freedom actually IS top of mind for a lot of Canadians, and religious freedom is part of that. So shaming Pierre for courting the evangelicals I don’t think is going to matter because framing a religious group as a bad group to court is just going to drive that point further. Let people believe in whatever religion they want, isn’t that how Canada is to operate? Judaism, Islam etc. are not pegged as bad when Pierre courts those groups so why is this different? People don’t want to hear the media telling us that one group is bad when we can make up our own minds on what we see.

Nice to see you guys relaxing. Great show. David-Mute Button:)

You can visit Gurdwaras, Temples, Mosques, Synagogues - no prob. The one and only place you must *not* visit : Evangelical Churches, because that would be Intolerant, American-Styyyle Dog Whistling

Love this pod. I learn lots.

First in with the thumbs up tonight....was anxiously awaiting this weeks episode.

I agree about spending millions on advertising turn me off especially if it attacks the other party regardless of party , telling the truth with realistic possible solutions, because that's all they are , possible nothing is for sure in life . There should be no negativity. only positivity by all parties. cooperation and elections should be on the MP or MLA not this team or that team. This isn't a sporting event, should be a team of like minded people to serve everyone in the country collectively not such polarizing ideas that goes for everyone needing to accept the diversity in our country. Providing with aleast enough to live on, would cut out lots of social issues, and those who want more, are free to do so . Helsinki Finland had a recent documentry was very enlightening interesting how some countries are run fairness for all.

We all know someone who kept their job because they were the son of a Preacher Man.or their DAD owned the shop

Trudope and the RSeeMP need to pay the price for what they did to the convoy and Canada with forcing that poizon on people. The should join papa Trudope

that this panel just lets Jordan blather on with her radical trans garbage completely unchallenged is a definite weak point of the pod.

Cory… pull back… stop trying to dominate every discussion and talking over everyone. Curious how this “evangelical” topic was chosen especially when Garneau’s book came out and Toronto media have buried it??