# Maher shreds woke Canadian policies to former Canadian deputy prime minister's face

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HBO host Bill Maher grilled former Canadian Deputy Prime Minister  about her party’s liberal policies he believes "p---" Canadians off.

During the latest episode of "Real Time with Bill Maher," the host spoke to Freeland — who is running to be the next Canadian prime minister — about her campaign and her vision for the country. During the conversation, Maher criticized the woke policies coming from outgoing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, a member of Freeland’s former party, and wondered if she would avoid them, should she become the next leader.

This just p---es people off, and it looks like — as in America — they still haven't got the memo that this s--- don't work, Maher told the candidate.

> "This just p---es people off, and it looks like — as in America — they still haven't got the memo that this s--- don't work," Maher told the candidate.

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Freeland stepped down as Canadian Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister in December and is now critical of outgoing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

HBO host Bill Maher grilled former Canadian Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland about her party’s liberal policies he believes "p---" Canadians off.


Freeland's vision for the country is to focus on people and their needs, rather than virtue signaling and identity politics. Both Trudeau and Freeland share a liberal, "old-school" view on these issues.

The message resonated with Maher, who said the shift to virtue signaling and 'wokeness' is the "same thing that sunk the party here in America when they went too far left."

He then mentioned that Trudeau leaned into those unpopular issues, asking, "Why did he go and become one of those elitist type of scolds who looked like he was just overbearing, that sort of left-wing overbearingness?"

Maher then mentioned green policies pushed in  as evidence of Canadian liberals pushing unpopular 'wokeness' on their people.

> "I saw recently — I think it was last week — Ottawa, I see, is trying to pass a law limiting the amount of time you can idle your car. Now, I’ve been in Canada in the winter. It's pretty f------ cold out there."

The idling regulations in Ottawa went into effect on Jan. 1.  they regulate idling on "vehicles on public and private property" as a way to "reduce greenhouse gas emissions and improve air quality."

The reasoning is it's going to put a dent in global warming, the reasoning being it can "put a dent in global warming — I don't think it is," Maher continued.

Freeland responded, assuring Maher she had "received the memo" and saying, "Politicians win when they listen to people sincerely and hear what people are saying to them about their lives. And politicians lose when we think we are smarter than the people we work for — and when we think that our job is to lecture people."

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Freeland steps down as Canadian Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister in December and is now critical of outgoing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.


The Canadian and Ottawa governments did not immediately reply to 's request for comment.

Gabriel Hays is an associate editor for Fox News Digital.
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